The Tract for Lent 3: de Lassus' Ad te levavi oculos meos

I've written about this Tract previously, and included chant and polyphonic versions - but found another gorgeous setting of it this year , from Orlando de Lassus. (The video contains a bit of unfortunate noise at a couple of spots.)



Here's the Latin text and English (JoguesChant) translation of the text:

Ad te levavi oculos meos,
qui habitas in coelis.
Ecce sicut oculi servorum
in manibus dominorum suorum,
sicut oculi ancillae
in manibus dominae suae,
ita oculi nostri
ad Dominum Deum nostrum,
donec misereatur nostri.
Miserere nostri, Domine
quia multum repleti sumus despectione.

I have lifted my eyes up unto you, who dwell in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hands of their masters; And as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress; So do our eyes look unto the Lord our God until he have mercy on us. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.

Here's an mp3 of the Gregorian plainchant version, from Jogues, and the chant score: