Prolongati sunt dies mei (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2012-09-17)  CPDL #27180: 

• Original key (high chiavette):   (MIDI)    

• Transposed down a tone:   (MIDI)    

• Transposed down a fourth:   (MIDI)  

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2012-09-17).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 151 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1594 print. Original note values.

General Information

Title: Prolongati sunt dies mei
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1594 in Cantiones sacrae 6 vocum, no. 2
    2nd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 419
Description: 3-part motet. Part two is scored for SSAT.

Original text and translations

Latin text Prolongati sunt dies mei in servitio tuo, Domine, et utraque tibi fortuna servientem probasti me ac in sudore vultus mei cognovisti labores et fidelitatem meam. Inveterata sunt ossa mea, in dies expectant dolores mortis ut rationem reddam villicationis meae ante conspectum Redemptoris qui pro nobis passus peccata nostra luit in crucis patibulo. Si ergo fas dicere, nunc dimitte servum tuum in pace, quia viderunt oculi mei te salvum in regno tuo et victorem bellorum omnium, cum felici gloria in qua vives in aeternum ante faciem populorum.

English translation Prolonged are my days in your service, O Lord, you have tested me serving you in both good fortune and ill, and in the sweat of my brow recognised my labour and fidelity. My bones have grown old, day by day they have been awaiting the sorrows of death, that I may give an account of my stewardship before the eyes of the Redeemer, who, suffering for us, atoned for our sins in the torture of the cross. If it is permitted to say thus: now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thee safe in thy realm, and the victor of all wars, with blessed glory in which you will live forever before the face of the people.