Palestrina: Tribularer si nescirem - Magnificat

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Tribularer si nescirem 6vv (Motettorum liber secundus, 1572) Magnificat Philip Cave Score: www.cpdl.org (Pothárn Imre) Performed a tone below written pitch. Tribularer, si nescirem misericordias tuas, Domine. Tu dixisti: nolo mortem peccatoris, sed ut magis convertatur et vivat. Qui Cananaeam et publicanum vocasti ad poenitentiam. Secundum multitudinem dolorum meorum in corde meo, consolationes tuae laetificaverunt animam meam. Qui Cananaeam et publicanum vocasti ad poenitentiam. === ENGLISH === I should be in distress if I knew not your mercies, Lord. You have said: I desire not the death of a sinner, but that rather he should turn from his ways and live. You who called the Canaanite woman and the publican to repentance. No matter how great the multitude of sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul. You who called the Canaanite woman and the publican to repentance.