Aspice Domine quia facta est
Language: Latin
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