Cipriano de Rore (c.1516-1565)
Infelix ego

The Tallis Scholars
Robert Harre-Jones, Michael Lees, Adrian Hill, Caroline Trevor - alto
Paul Agnew, Charles Daniels, Simon Davies, Leigh Nixon - tenor
Donald Greig, Francis Steele, Julian Walker, Adrian Peacock - bass
Directed by Peter Phillips

Score: www.cpdl.org (Allen Garvin)

Infelix ego, omnium auxilio destitutus, qui caelum terramque offendi.
Quo ibo? quo me vertam? ubi confugiam? quis mei miserebitur?
Ad caelum oculos levare non audeo, quia ei graviter peccavi.
In terra refugium non invenio, quia ei scandalum fui.
Quid igitur faciam? desperabo?
Absit: misericors est Deus, pius est salvator meus.
Solus igitur Deus refugium meum:
ipse non despiciet opus suum, non repellet imaginem suam.

Ad te igitur, piissime Deus, tristis ac maerens venio:
quoniam tu solus spes mea, tu solus refugium meum.
Quid autem dicam tibi, cum oculos levare non audeam?
Verba doloris effundam,
misericordiam tuam implorabo, et dicam:
miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.

(Alto cantus fìrmus: Miserere mei Deus.)

=== ENGLISH ===
Unhappy am I, bereft of all help, who have offended against heaven and earth.
Whither shall I go? Where shall I turn? To whom shall I fly? Who will take pity on me?
To heaven I dare not lift my eyes, for against her I have sinned grievously.
On earth I find no refuge, for to her I have become an outrage.
What therefore shall I do? Shall I despair? Let it not be.
God is merciful, my saviour is loving.
Therefore God alone will be my refuge.
He will not despise his own work nor reject his own image.

To thee therefore, most loving God, sad and sorrowful I come.
For thou alone art my hope, thou alone art my refuge.
What however should I say to thee since I dare not lift my eyes?
I shall pour out words of sorrow I shall beg thy mercy, and I shall say:
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great compassion.

(Alto cantus firmus: Have mercy upon me, O God)

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