Aspice Domine quia facta est

General information

Antiphon for the feast of the Prophets. With variant 1 it is a responsory for the same feast.

Notes on selected settings

• Ippolito Baccusi SSAATB or SSATTB or AATTBB (adds Variant 1)
• William Byrd AATTBB (omits domina gentium)
• Adrian Willaert TTBarBB (adds variant 1)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Benedictus Appenzeller — Aspice Domine  Latin STTTB
• Ippolito Baccusi — Aspice Domine  Latin SSAATB,SSATTB,AATTBB
• Pierre Biaumont — Aspice Domine  Latin ATTB
• William Byrd — Aspice Domine quia facta est  Latin AATTBB
• Derrick Gerarde — Aspice Domine  Latin SATTBB
• Nicolas Gombert — Aspice Domine  Latin STTB
• Vicente Lusitano — Aspice Domine quia facta est  Latin SAATB
• Jacquet de Mantua — Aspice Domine  Latin SATTB
• Claudin de Sermisy — Aspice Domine - Plorans ploravit  Latin SATB
• Jacobus Vaet — Aspice Domine quia facta est desolata  Latin SAATTB
• Philip van Wilder — Aspice Domine  Latin SATTB
• Adrian Willaert — Aspice Domine  Latin TTBBBB

Text and translations

Latin text Aspice, Domine, quia facta est desolata civitas plena divitiis. Sedet in tristitia, domina gentium. Non est qui consoletur eam, nisi tu, Deus noster. Variant 1 Plorans ploravit in nocte, et lacrimae eius in maxillis eius. Non est qui consoletur eam, nisi tu Deus noster. Spanish translation Mira, Señor, cómo ha quedado desolada la ciudad antes llena de riquezas. Está instalada en la tristeza; No hay quien la pueda consolar, excepto tú, Dios nuestro.

English translation Behold, O Lord, how the city full of riches is become desolate. She sits in mourning, the mistress of the nations. There is none to comfort her save only thou, our God. Variant 1 Weeping, she has wept all night, And her tears are on her cheeks. There is none to comfort her save only thou, our God.