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- Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2011-05-30). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 75 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML file is zipped. Only the text incipit given.
General Information
Title: Veni redemptor gentium
Composer: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Office hymn for Advent
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Trent ms88, copied c.1445-1475
Description: Ambrosian Advent hymn transcribed from the Trent manuscript tr88.
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Original text and translations
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 Latin text
Veni, redemptor gentium,
ostende partum Virginis;
miretur omne saeculum:
talis decet partus Deum.
Non ex virili semine,
sed mystico spiramine
Verbum Dei factum est caro
fructusque ventris floruit.
Alvus tumescit Virginis,
claustrum pudoris permanet,
vexilla virtutum micant,
versatur in templo Deus.
Procedat e thalamo suo,
pudoris aula regia,
geminæ gigans substantiæ
alacris ut currat viam.
Egressus ejus a Patre,
regressus ejus ad Patrem;
excursus usque ad inferos,
recursus ad sedem Dei.
Æqualis æterno Patri,
carnis tropæo accingere,
infirma nostri corporis
virtute firmans perpeti.
Præsepe iam fulget tuum
lumenque nox spirat novum,
quod nulla nox interpolet
fideque jugi luceat.
Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
(alternate last stanza)
Gloria tibi, Domine,
qui natus es de virgine,
cum Patre et sancto Spiritu,
in sempiterna sæcula. Amen.
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 English translation
Come, redeemer of the peoples,
and show the birth from a Virgin;
every age shall acclaim
that such a birth befits God.
Not out of human seed,
but out of godly breath
the Word of God is made flesh
and the fruit of the womb flourishes.
The virgin womb became pregnant
yet remained a bastion of chastity;
the standards of virtue shine [there],
[and] God dwells in [such] temple.
Let him come from His chamber,
[which is] the kingly dwelling of chastity,
a giant of twofold substance
intent on fulfilling [his] destiny.
He comes from the Father,
and to the Father he returns;
his path [goes] all the way to the infernal regions
[and] return to God's seat.
[You who are] an equal to the eternal Father,
wear the girdle of flesh
[and] invigorate the weakness of our body
by [your] eternal virtue.
Your cradle shines already
and the night breaths a new light,
for no night shall intervene
and endless faith shall glow.
To you, Christ, most pious,
and to the Father be glory
with the Spirit Paraclete
throughout all ages. Amen.
Glory to you, Lord,
who are born of a virgin,
with the Father and the holy Spirit,
throughout all ages. Amen.
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