Pater peccavi (Jean Conseil)
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CPDL #22267: Finale 2008
- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2010-09-07). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 146 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Pater peccavi
Composer: Jean Conseil
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: STTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1559
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Pater peccavi in coelum et coram te.
Iam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus,
fac me sicut unum ex mercenariis tuis.
Quanti mercenarii in domo Patris mei abundant panibus,
ego autem hic fame pereo,
Surgam, et ibo ad Patrem meum et dicam ei:
fac me sicut unum ex mercenariis tuis.
English translation
Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
I am no longer worthy to be called your son:
make me like one of your hired men.
How many of my father's hired men have food to spare,
and here I am starving to death!
I will arise and go to my father and say to him:
'Make me like one of your hired men.' (After Luke 15:17-19)