Tallis T - In ieiunio et fletu
Composer:
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Category:
AnthemRecordings
Words
In ieiunio et fletu orabant sacerdotes:
Parce, Domine, parce
populo tuo; et ne des haereditatem
tuam in perditionem.
Inter vestibulum et altare plorabant
sacerdotes, dicentes:
Parce populo tuo.
Words Joel 2 vv. 12, 17
Translation
In fasting and weeping the priests prayed:
Spare, Lord, spare
thy people and give not thine heritage
over to perdition.
Between the porch and the altar
the priests lamented, saying: Spare thy people.
Choral singing comes no better
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer