Lobo, Alonso: Versa est in luctum


Versa est in luctum (1602)

Versa est in luctum cithara mea,
et organum meum in vocem flentium.
Parce mihi Domine, nihil enim sunt dies mei.

My harp is turned to mourning
and my music into the voice of those that weep.
Spare me, O Lord, for my days are nothing.

Words: Job 30 v. 31; Job 7 v. 16
Music: Alonso Lobo (1555–1617)