Christe fac ut sapiam, SWV 431 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2015-06-08)  CPDL #35681:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2015-06-08).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 99 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Clefs modernised. Time signature changed from 4/2 to 2/2. Source may be found at IMSLP. . Revised files uploaded 28/07/18.

General Information

Title: Christe fac ut sapiam, SWV 431
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1657 in Zwölf geistliche Gesänge, Op. 13, no. 12
    2nd published: 1988 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 7, no. 12
Description: arranged for two choirs, possibly for antiphonal singing.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Christe fac ut sapiam, quia tu sapientia Patris
Solus es et tecum qui sapit ille sapit.
Heu quantae tenebrae, quam vana scientia mentem
Vexat, quis veri dulce docebit iter!
Ad te confugio, qui lux mortalibus ipse es,
Per quem senserunt cuncta creata diem.
Da mihi divinum lumen tenebrasque repelle,
Spiritus illustra pectora nostra tuus.
Non equidem, fateor, tanto sum dignus honore,
Sum miser et multo crimine, Christe, reus.
Sed tamen infuso confido sanguine, cujus
Purgabit sordes guttula parva meas.
Non mihi quaero lucrum vanam nec arrogo laudem,
Et laus et lucrum tu mihi solus eris.
Illustra mentem, coelestibus ignibus imple,
Nemo mihi praeter te tua dona dabit.
Ipse feram dulces laudum tibi munera grates,
Nil majus enim homo quod tibi reddat habet.
Amen.