Tribularer si nescirem

Settings by composers

• Christoph Bernhard (IMSLP link) SSATB soli & coro (+ 2 cornets, 3 tbn ad lib.) 2 vni, 2 vle, fg, bc (as Peñalosa but "mei" for "nobis")
• Carlo Gesualdo SATTB ("… et vivat.")
• Leone Leoni SATB.AATB ("… animam meam.")
• Pierre de Manchicourt SAATB (first line of text only — see work page), 2.p. of Si bona suscepimus
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SAATTB (2da pars: "Secundum multitudinem … ad penitentiam.")
• Francisco de Peñalosa SATB (variant; see workpage)
• Cipriano de Rore SATTB (2da pars: "Secundum multitudinem … ad penitentiam.")
• Stefano Rossetti SATTB
• Kaspar Schlacke SSATB & 4-part strings ("… et vivat.")

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Girolamo Belli — Tribularer si nescirem
• Francesco Portinaro — Tribularer si nescirem

Text and translations

Latin text 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 translation I would be troubled were I ignorant of your compassion, Lord. You have said: I do not wish the death of the sinner, but that he might turn from his wickedness and live. You who called the Canaanite woman and the publican to repentance, [do to me] according to the multitude of sorrows in my heart. Your comforts delight my soul.

Dutch translation Ik zou in de problemen zitten als ik uw genade niet kende, Heer. U zei: ik wil de dood van een zondaar niet, maar dat hij meer bekeerd mag worden en zal leven. U riep de Kanaäniet en de tollenaar tot bekering. Wegens de veelheid van mijn verdriet in mijn hart heeft Uw troost mijn ziel gelukkig gemaakt.