Zie toe, Heer, want verlaten is geworden (Bible or other Sacred Texts, set by (William Byrd)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Aspice Domine quia facta est

Language: Latin

Available translation(s): DUT ENG

Aspice, Domine, quia facta est desolata 
civitas plena divitiis: sedet in tristitia; 
non est qui consoletur eam nisi tu, Deus noster.

Authorship

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Liturgical text [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), "Aspice Domine quia facta est", published 1575, from Cantiones Sacrae, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Zie toe, Heer, want verlaten is geworden", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Behold, O Lord", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-05
Line count: 3
Word count: 21

Zie toe, Heer, want verlaten is geworden

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the Latin

Zie toe, Heer, want verlaten is geworden
de stad vol rijkdom: zij zit neer in droefheid;
geen is er die haar troost, tenzij Gij, onze God.

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Liturgical text

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-24
Line count: 3
Word count: 26