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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
{{Text|Latin|
{{Text|Latin}}
<poem>
Quis est homo qui vult vitam et cupit videre dies bonos?
Quis est homo qui vult vitam et cupit videre dies bonos?
Cohibe linguam tuam a malo, et labia tua ne loquantur dolum.
Cohibe linguam tuam a malo, et labia tua ne loquantur dolum.
Deverte a malo, et fac bonum; inquire pacem, et sequere eam.
Deverte a malo, et fac bonum; inquire pacem, et sequere eam.
Oculi Domini super iustos, et aures eius ad preces eorum.
Oculi Domini super iustos, et aures eius ad preces eorum.
Vultus autem Domini super facientes mala, ut perdat de terra memoriam eorum.
Vultus autem Domini super facientes mala, ut perdat de terra memoriam eorum.}}
</poem>


{{LinkText|Psalm 34}} v. 13-17.
{{LinkText|Psalm 34}} v. 13-17.

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-07-07).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 167 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised March 2008

General Information

Title: Quis est homo
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), nos. 3-4

Description: Motet in two parts.

Prima pars: Quis est homo
Secunda pars: Diverte a malo

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Quis est homo qui vult vitam et cupit videre dies bonos?
Cohibe linguam tuam a malo, et labia tua ne loquantur dolum.
Deverte a malo, et fac bonum; inquire pacem, et sequere eam.
Oculi Domini super iustos, et aures eius ad preces eorum.
Vultus autem Domini super facientes mala, ut perdat de terra memoriam eorum.

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 34. v. 13-17.