Defecit in dolore - Sed tu Domine (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-07-14).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 148 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Dec 08

General Information

Title: Defecit in dolore
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: AATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Cantiones sacrae I (1589), nos.1-2

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Original text and translations

Latin.png 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.png 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.