Orlande de Lassus - Tristis est anima mea (five-voice motet)
(ca. 1585)

Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem:
sustinete hic et vigilate mecum: nunc
videbitis turbam quae circumdabit me:
vos fugam capietis,
et ego vadam immolari pro vobis.
    — derived from Mark 14:34 and Matthew 26:38
My soul is sad unto death:
stay here and watch with me. Now
you see the crowd which will surround me:
you will take flight,
and I will go to be sacrificed for you.





POMERIUM
Alexander Blachly, Director

From CD “Lassus - Motets & Magnificat”
2008 Old Hall Recordings 001