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Infelix ego, omnium auxilio destitutus qui caelum terramque offendi. Quo ibo? Quo me vertam? Ad quem fugiam? Quis mei miserebitur? Ad caelum oculos levare non audeo Quia ei graviter peccavi. In terra refugum non invenio quia ei scandalum fui. Quid igitur faciam? Desperabo? Absit. Misericors est Deus, pius est Salvator meus. Solus igitur Deus refugium meum: Ipse non despiciet opus suum non repellet imaginem suam. Ad te igitur piissime Deus, Tristis ac moerens venio, Quoniam tu solus spes mea, Tu solus refugium meum. Quid autem dicam tibi Cum oculos levare non audeam? Verba doloris effundam, Misericordiam tuam implorabo et dicam: "Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam!"
Text Authorship:
- by Girolamo Maria Francesco Matteo Savonarola (1452 - 1498) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Infelix ego" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adriaan Willaert (c1490 - 1562), "Infelix ego" [ vocal sextet a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Benjamin Kasiel Pixley) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Voi minua onnetonta", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 27
Word count: 107
Unlucky am I, Bereft of all help For I have insulted both heaven and earth Where will I go? Where shall I turn? To where should I flee? Who will have mercy on me? I do not dare to lift my eyes to the heavens For I have sinned against them grievously. I do not find refuge on this earth Because I have been a disgrace to it What, therefore, am I to do? Shall I despair? God Forbid! Merciful is my lord, Righteous is my savior. God alone, therefore, will be my refuge. He will not despise the work [of his own hands], Nor will he refute his own image. I come to you, then, most holy god, Sorrowful and grieving, Since you alone [are] my hope And you alone [are] my refuge. But what can I utter to you When I dare not raise my eyes. I will pour out words of suffering, I will beg for your mercy and say: Have mercy on me, Lord, According to your great mercy.
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Based on:
- a text in Latin by Girolamo Maria Francesco Matteo Savonarola (1452 - 1498)
This text was added to the website: 2024-01-26
Line count: 27
Word count: 173