Commissa méa pavésco, I begin to fear my transgressions,
et ante te erubésco. and I blush before thee.
Dum véneris judicare, When thou shalt come to judge,
néli me condemnare. do not condemn me.
Commissa mea
Filipe de Magalhaes
(c.1571-1652)
| besin to fear my transgressions,
Com -|mis - sa |mé-a pa-vé -
(Commis - |- sa mé
=" = |sco,com = mis
—samé - a pa-vé — - — = sco,pa-vé — —
From Portugaliae musica, volume 27, edited by Luis Pereira Leal, Celest Gulbenkian
Foundation, Lisbon, 1976. Notation here is a tone higher than the original with time
values halved. Translation, musica ficta, text underlay and minor error correction by
John Hetland and The Renaissance Street SingersPage 2
{ -sco, commis —
=sco.
and I blush before thee.
et [ante te,
et dn-te |te
e -|ru-bé-sco, et |én-te te e-rus
et ante te,
pavé - - - — - - - sco, et dnte te e — rubé —Page 3
When
23 28
e-sco, et an-te
= ru-be - -
.
ante te e - ru-bé
ite e-ru-bé -sco,|_ e-ru-bé-Sco.
=sco,etan-te te e - ru-bé - - — — scoe = ru-bé — sco.
fpou shalt come to judze. 95
eS nerisjucdicd — dum
Dum vé neris,ju-di-ca — re, dum vé - ne-
Dum|vé - ne-fris.u - di-lcére,dum [vé - ne-
vé - ne-risiudi-cd
Y vé = nedrisju —
Dumvé - nerisju-dicdre,dumvé - nePage 4
do not condemn
36 en
vé - - ne-ris.ju-di-ca-|re, ju - di-leé - _re,ju-di - c& -
dic - + -) - - - -|re, n6 lime
cris,dumvé - |- nevis iu
>
re.
—_}—____.
.
cris, dum|vé - - ne-lris ju-di-ca
né |- lime Condemns *
ca-|re, ju - di-led - re,
-ris,dumvé - - neris ju - di-ci- - > - re____., n6 ~
me.
a2 — 48
né — li ime condemné re,con-demind ~ re,
—
condennd re,nd|— li meconiiemna —
= limegoniemna - -
né - li |me_con-dem
né = li |me condemindre,
= lime conéennad — re, né - li me con —Page 5
49 55,
(condemné -) - - = -| - re,
né |= lime
né |= lime Congenna-re, con-demna
lime — Condemnd— -| né - li
z
- limeconidem-nd —
mecondennd no
Y-demnaé - -)- - - J = ren6|= limeconfdemna - fe, né F limecon-
=demné - re,né-li me con — demnéare, né - lime condemn —
(condemnd — —
con-Hlemna -
con |- démnd
a
=re, né - limecondem-né -- - re,con-dem-né - - - = re.