Da mihi auxilium (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #04082:  Sibelius 4

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-10-14).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 156 kB    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Jan 09

General Information

Title: Da mihi auxilium
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: ATTBBB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Cantiones Sacrae (1575), no.23

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Da mihi auxilium de tribulatione, quia vana salus hominis:
Aut aliquid saltem respirandi tempus, ut plangam juventutem meam.

English translation

Give me help out of tribulation, because man’s salvation is vain:
or some time at least to recover, that I may bewail my youth.

German translation

Gib mir Hilfe in der Bedrängnis, denn das Heil der Menschen ist eitel:
Oder wenigstens etwas Zeit zum Aufatmen, damit ich meine Jugend beweine.