Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860 (Henry Purcell)

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General Information

Title: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Composer: Henry Purcell

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredCantataBurial service

Language: English
Instruments: 4 trumpets and organ
Published: Musica Sacra, Vol. 1, London, 1724 (ed. William Croft) - Anthem for the funeral of Queen Mary II [1695].

Description: Text is from Book of Common Prayer (1662), The Order for the Burial of the Dead (slightly altered).

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

1. Man that is born of a woman
hath but a short time to live,
and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower;
he fleeth as it were a shadow,
and ne'er continueth in one stay.

2. In the midst of life we are in death:
of whom may we seek for succour,
but of thee, O Lord,
who for our sins art justly displeased?

Yet, O Lord, O Lord most mighty,
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
deliver us not into the bitter pains
of eternal death.

3. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
shut not thy merciful ears unto our pray'rs;
but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty.

O holy and most merciful Saviour,
thou most worthy Judge eternal,
suffer us not, at our last hour,
for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Amen.

Dutch.png Dutch translation

1. De mens, geboren uit een vrouw,
leeft maar voor korte tijd
en heeft veel ellende.
Hij bloeit op en valt af als een bloem;
zijn leven vliedt als een schaduw heen
en duurt niet lang.

2. Midden in het leven zijn we al dicht
bij de dood; bij wie kunnen we beter
hulp zoeken dan bij u, O Heer,
die terecht verbolgen bent over onze zonden?

Toch, almachtige Heer,
O heilige en allerbarmhartigste Heiland,
lever ons niet over aan de bittere ellende
van de eeuwige dood.

3. Heer, u kent de geheimen van onze harten;
sluit Uw barmhartige oren niet voor onze gebeden,
maar wees ons genadig, O almachtige God.

O heilige en barmhartige Heiland
rechtvaardige eeuwige Rechter,
laat ons in het uur van onze dood,
in onze doodsstrijd, niet in de steek. Amen.