Spiritus meus attenuabitur (Andrea Gabrieli)

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(Posted 2023-01-31) CPDL #72461: (MIDI)

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2023-01-31). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 150 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1565 print. Original key and note values.

General Information

Title: Spiritus meus attenuabitur
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: MsATBarB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1565 in Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum, liber primus, no. 10
Description: The text is taken from the Book of Job, the first part of the seventh Lesson of the Office of the Dead. Reflecting the mood of the text, the overall range of this motet is very low.

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breviabuntur, et solum mihi superest sepulcrum.
Non peccavi et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.
Libera me Domine, et pone me iuxta te et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me.
Dies mei transierunt, cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt, torquentes cor meum.
(Job 17; 1-3, 11)

English translation

My spirit shall be weakened, my days shall be shortened, and the grave only remaineth for me.
I have not sinned: and mine eye abideth in bitterness.
Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee and let any man's hand fight against me.
My days have passed, dispersed are my thoughts, tormenting my heart.

Hungarian translation

A lelkem megtört, napjaim végüket járják, már csak a sír vár rám!
Nem vétettem, mégis keserűségeken időzik szemem.
Szabadíts meg, Uram, és végy magad mellé, akkor bárki keze küzdhet ellenem!
Napjaim elmúltak, terveim meghiúsultak, amelyek szívemet gyötörték.