Language: Latin 
Da mihi auxilium de tribulatione, 
quia vana salus hominis:
Aut aliquid saltem respirandi tempus, 
ut plangam iuventutem meam.
Note: the first line is from Psalm 107

Composition:

    Set to music by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Da mihi auxilium", published 1575 [ vocal sextet a cappella (ATTBBB) ], from Cantiones Sacrae, no. 23

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Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-06
Line count: 4
Word count: 18