Afflicti pro peccatis - Ut eruas nos (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (added 2004-06-01).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 152 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

General Information

Title: Afflicti pro peccatis
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 6vv  Voicing: ATTBBB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Cantiones sacrae II (1591), nos. 27-28

Description: Motet in two parts.

Prima pars: Afflicti pro peccatis
Secunda pars: Ut eruas nos

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Prima pars

Afflicti pro peccatis nostris, quotidie cum lacrimis expectemus finem nostrum. Dolor cordis nostri ascendat ad te, Domine.

Secunda pars

Ut eruas nos a malis, quae innovantur in nobis.

English.png English translation

Prima pars

Afflicted daily for our sins with weeping, we await our end.

Secunda pars

The sorrow of our hearts comes up before thee, O Lord. Deliver us from the evils that afflict us anew.