Published: Cantiones sacrae (1575), no.2 / Latin text
Absterge Domine delicta mea, quae inscienter juvenis
feci,
et ignosce poenitenti, nam tu es Deus meus, tibi soli
fidit anima mea.
Tu es salus mea. Dolorem meum testantur lachrimae
meae.
Sis memor Domine bonae voluntatis tuae.
Nunc exaudi preces meas et serviet per aevum tibi
spiritus meus. Amen.
English translation
O Lord, wipe away my faults which I in ignorance
committed in my youth,
and forgive the penitent one: for thou art...(+)
Published: Cantiones sacrae (1575), no.2 / Latin text
Absterge Domine delicta mea, quae inscienter juvenis
feci,
et ignosce poenitenti, nam tu es Deus meus, tibi soli
fidit anima mea.
Tu es salus mea. Dolorem meum testantur lachrimae
meae.
Sis memor Domine bonae voluntatis tuae.
Nunc exaudi preces meas et serviet per aevum tibi
spiritus meus. Amen.
English translation
O Lord, wipe away my faults which I in ignorance
committed in my youth,
and forgive the penitent one: for thou art my God, my
soul hath faith in thee alone.
Thou art my salvation. My tears witness my grief.
Remember, O Lord, thy good will.
Hear now my prayers, and my spirit shall serve thee
throughout all ages. Amen
