Miserere Mei (Tallis Scholars)

Miserere mei, Deus:  secudnum magnam misericordiam tuam.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your great mercy’s sake.

Et secundum multitudinim miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.

And with great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea; et a peccato meo munda me.

Wash me of my iniquities, and of my sin cleanse me.

To hear the Tallis Singers perform Allegri’s composition based on Psalm 51 (the Miserere) in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, click on the video below.

Image source:  William Brassey Hole (1846-1917), The Sorrow of King David, http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_198722/William-Brassey-Hole/The-sorrow-of-king-David