Ego cognovi (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2012-09-22)  CPDL #27196:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2012-09-22).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 112 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum opus musicum, 1604. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values. Editorial musica ficta above the noteheads.

General Information

Title: Ego cognovi
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1594 in Cantiones sacrae 6 vocum, no. 6
    2nd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 380
Description: 

Original text and translations

Latin text Ego cognovi quod erit bonum timentibus Deum, qui verentur faciem ejus. Non sit bonum impio, nec prolongentur dies ejus, sed quasi umbra transeant qui non timet faciem Domini. (Ecclesiastes, 8,12b-13)

English translation I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face. But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.

Hungarian translation Én tudom, hogy jól járnak az istenfélők, kik az ő orczáját félik. Ne is járjon jól az istentelen, és napjai ne hosszabbodjanak meg; hanem mint az árnyék, múljanak el, kik nem félik az Úr orczáját.