Defecit in dolore - Sed tu Domine (William Byrd)

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(Posted 2022-09-19) CPDL #70867: (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-09-19). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 113 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

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(Posted 2012-11-23) CPDL #27649:

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2012-11-23). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 105 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from #03840. Mensural notation.

Last revised: 2011-11-26

(Posted 2002-07-14) CPDL #03840: (Sibelius 4)

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-07-14). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 148 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised May 2015.

General Information

Title: Defecit in dolore
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: AATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1589 in Cantiones Sacrae I, no. 1-2
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Original text and translations

Latin text

Defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus. Infirmata in paupertate virtus mea, et dolor meus renovatus est.
(from Psalms 30:11 & 38:3)

Sed tu Domine refugium factus es mihi, et in misericordia tua consolatus sum.
(free text)

English translation

My life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty, and my sorrow is renewed.
But thou, Lord, art become a refuge unto me, and in thy mercy am I comforted.

German translation

Mein Leben ist in Schmerz dahingeschwunden und meine Jahre in Seufzern. Meine Tugend ist in Armut geschwächt, und mein Schmerz ist erneuert.
Aber du, Herr, bist mir zur Zuflucht geworden, und in deiner Barmherzigkeit bin ich getröstet worden.