Music for Crying: Motectum (Motet for Funerals) for 6 Voices: Versa est in luctum #classicalmusic #renaissance #baroque — Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) — David Hill/Westminster Cathedral Choir

Versa est in luctum cithara mea,
et organum meum in vocem flentium.

Parce mihi Domine,
nihil enim sunt dies mei.

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My harp is tuned for lamentation,
and my flute to the voice of those who weep.

Spare me, O Lord,
for my days are as nothing.

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Based upon Job: 30:31 & 7:16