Emendemus in melius (Cristóbal de Morales)

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• CPDL #6859: Sibelius 2.
  

Editor: David Fraser (added 2004-03-27).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 196 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: original pitch, version for mixed choir also available

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Title: Emendemus in melius
Composer: Cristóbal de Morales

Number of voices: 5vv  Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
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Original text and translations

Latin text Emendemus in melius
quae ignoranter peccavimus:
ne subito praeoccupati
die mortis quaeramus
spatium paenitentiae,
et invenire non possimus.
Attende Domine, et miserere:
quia peccavimus tibi.
Memento, homo, quia pulvis es
et in pulverem reverteris.

English translation Let us change for the better
the sins we have thoughtlessly committed:
lest we in sudden concern
on the day of our death
seek a space for repentance
and cannot find one.
Hear us, Lord, and have mercy on us:
for we have sinned against you.
Remember, man, that you are dust
and to dust you will return.