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Dixi custodiam vias meas
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Dixi custodiam vias meas by Orlando di Lasso — Lyrics
In finem, ipsi Idithun. Canticum David.
Dixi: Custodiam vias meas:
ut non delinquam in lingua mea.
Posui ori meo custodiam,
cum consisteret peccator adversum me.
Obmutui, et humiliatus sum, et silui a bonis;
et dolor meus renovatus est.
Concaluit cor meum intra me;
et in meditatione mea exardescet ignis.
Locutus sum in lingua mea:
Notum fac mihi, Domine, finem meum,
et numerum dierum meorum quis est, ut sciam quid desit mihi.
Ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos,
et substantia mea tamquam nihilum ante te.
Verumtamen universa vanitas, omnis homo vivens.
Verumtamen in imagine pertransit homo;
sed et frustra conturbatur:
thesaurizat et ignorat cui congregabit ea.
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About Dixi custodiam vias meas
Orlando di Lasso's Dixi custodiam vias meas is a powerful sacred motet for double choir (SATB.SATB or SATB.SATBar). Setting a Latin text from the Psalms, it explores themes of self-restraint and the human condition. The opening lines, "I said, I will take heed of my ways, that I sin not with my tongue," express a profound desire for spiritual discipline. As the text progresses, it reflects on the brevity of life and the futility of worldly pursuits, culminating in a plea for understanding the true measure of one's days. This motet would be particularly fitting for services during Lent, contemplating sin, repentance, and mortality, offering a moment of deep introspection for both choir and congregation.
