Duo rogavi te (Jean de Castro)
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- (Posted 2024-10-14) CPDL #82363: (MIDI)
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2024-10-14). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 120 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1571 print. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values.
General Information
Title: Duo rogavi te
Composer: Jean de Castro
Source of text: Proverbs 30:7-9
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1571 in Sacrarum cantionum quinque et octo vocum liber unus, no. 6
Description: Two-part motet:
I. Duo rogavi te
II. Ne forte satiatus illicear
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Duo rogavi te, ne deneges mihi antequam moriar:
vanitatem et verba mendacia longe fac a me,
mendicitatem et divitias ne dederis mihi,
tribue tantum victui meo necessaria.
Ne forte satiatus illicier ad negandum, et dicam: quis est Dominus?
aut egestate compulsus furer, et perjurem nomen Dei mei.
English translation
Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die:
Remove far from me vanity, and lying words.
Give me neither beggary, nor riches,
give me only the necessaries of life.
Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord?
or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.