Junior fui (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2013-05-28)  CPDL #29263:    (MIDI)    

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2013-05-28).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 133 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum opus musicum, 1604. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values. Alto parts in octave transposed violin clef.

General Information

Title: Junior fui
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1566 in Sacrae cantiones liber quartus, no. 5
    2nd published: 1568 in Selectissimae cantiones, no. 1.12
    3rd published: 1579 in Selectissimae cantiones 1579, no. 15
    4th published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 397
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Original text and translations

Latin text Junior fui etenim senui et non vidi justum derelictum nec semen ejus quaerens panem. Tota die miseretur et commodat et semen illius in benedictione erit. Declina a malo et fac bonum et inhabita in saeculum saeculi. Custodi innocentiam et vide aequitatem quoniam sunt reliquiae homini pacifico. (Ps. 36;25-27,37)

English translation I have been young and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread. He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing. Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever. Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.

Hungarian translation Ifjú voltam és megöregedtem: de nem láttam, hogy az igaz elhagyatott, sem hogy az ő ivadéka kenyeret kéregetett volna. Napestig könyörűl és kölcsön ad; és ivadéka áldásban leszen. Távozzál a gonosztól, és cselekedjél jót, és megmaradsz örökön örökké. Őrizd meg az ártatlanságot, és nézd az igazságot: mert vannak maradékai a békeséges embernek.