Sadness and anxiety | Sadness and anxiety have seized my inner life

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by George Witterschein

Tristitia et anxietas

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Tristitia et anxietas occupaverunt interiora mea. 
Moestum factum est cor meum in dolore, 
et contenebrati sunt oculi mei. 
Vae mihi quia peccavi. 
Sed tu Domine, qui non derelinquis
sperantes in te, 
consolare et adiuva me, 
propter nomen sanctum tuum, et miserere mei.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "Tristitia et anxietas" [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (George Witterschein) , "Sadness and anxiety", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

Sadness and anxiety

Language: English after the Latin

Sadness and anxiety have seized my inner life.
My heart has been made sad by sorrow,
and my eyes gone dark.
[...]
But you Lord, who do not abandon
those who hope in you,
console and help me,
for the sake of your holy name, and have mercy on me.

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2024-09-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 50