Duo rogavi (Nicolas Gombert)

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  • (Posted 2015-06-24)  CPDL #35885:       
Editor: Charles Young (submitted 2015-06-24).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 126 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original key. Note values have been reduced by half. Mensurstrich layout.

General Information

Title: Duo rogavi
Composer: Nicolas Gombert
Source of text: Proverbs 30:7-9

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539 in Musica quatuor vocum liber primus, Edition 1, no. 10
Description: Motet.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

7  Duo rogavi te: ne deneges mihi antequam moriar;
8  vanitatem et verba mendacia longe fac a me mendicitatem, et divitias ne dederis mihi,
ribue tantum victui meo necessaria;
9  ne forte saciatus illiciar ad negandum, et dicam quis est Dominus
aut egestate compulsus furer, et periurem nomen Dei mei.

English.png English translation

7  Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:
9  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?
or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.