Aspice Domine quia facta est

General information

Antiphon for the feast of the Prophets. With variant 1 it is a responsory for the same feast.

Settings by composers

• Ippolito Baccusi SSAATB or SSATTB or AATTBB(adds Variant 1)
• William Byrd AATTBB (omits domina gentium)
• Jacquet de Mantua SATTB
• Adrian Willaert TTBarBB (adds variant 1)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Benedictus Appenzeller — Aspice Domine
• Pierre Biaumont — Aspice Domine
• Derrick Gerarde — Aspice Domine
• Nicolas Gombert — Aspice Domine
• Jean de La Fage — Aspice Domine quia facta est
• Vicente Lusitano — Aspice Domine quia facta est
• Claudin de Sermisy — Aspice Domine/Plorans ploravit
• Jacobus Vaet — Aspice Domine quia facta est desolata
• Philip van Wilder — Aspice Domine

Text and translations

Latin text Aspice, Domine, quia facta est desolata civitas plena divitiis. Sedet in tristitia, domina gentium. Non est qui consoletur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster. Variant 1 Plorans ploravit in nocte, et lacrimae eius in maxillis eius. Non est qui consoletur eam, nisi tu Deus noster. Spanish translation Mira, Señor, cómo ha quedado desolada la ciudad antes llena de riquezas. Está instalada en la tristeza; No hay quien la pueda consolar, excepto tú, Dios nuestro.

English translation Behold, O Lord, how the city full of riches is become desolate. She sits in mourning, the mistress of the nations. There is none to comfort her save only thou, our God. Variant 1 Weeping, she has wept all night, And her tears are on her cheeks. There is none to comfort her save only thou, our God.