Spiritus meus attenuabitur (1582) (Orlando di Lasso)
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- Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2018-03-20). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 123 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: transposed a minor third higher
General Information
Title: Spiritus meus attenuabitur (2nda pars Dies mei transierunt) Lassus published another setting in 1565.
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Job create page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1582 in Lectiones sacrae novem, no. 7
Description: 7th of 9 Lessons for Matins of the Dead.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breviabuntur,
et solum mihi superest sepulcrum.
Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.
Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te,
et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.
Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt, torquentes cor meum.
Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.
Si sustinuero infenus domus mea est; et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.
Putredini dixi: Pater meus es; mater mea, et soror mea, vermibus.
Ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientia mea?
Tu es Domine Deus meus.