Four Sacred Pieces | Hymn of the Nations - Chandos
Four Sacred Pieces | Hymn of the Nations - Chandos
Four Sacred Pieces | Hymn of the Nations - Chandos
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Quando corpus morietur,<br />
fac, ut animae donetur,<br />
paradisi gloria.<br />
Amen.<br />
When my body perishes<br />
grant that my soul may receive<br />
<strong>the</strong> glory <strong>of</strong> paradise.<br />
Amen.<br />
Translation: Gery Bramall<br />
5 3. Laudi alla Vergine Maria<br />
Vergine madre, figlia del tuo Figlio,<br />
Umile ed alta più che creatura,<br />
Termine fisso d’eterno consiglio.<br />
Tu se’ colei che l’umana natura<br />
Nobilitasti si, che’l suo Fattore<br />
Non disdegnò di farsi sua fattura.<br />
Nel ventre tuo si raccese l’amore,<br />
Per lo cui caldo nell’eterna pace<br />
Così è germinato questo fiore.<br />
Qui se’ a noi meridiana face<br />
Di caritate, e giuso, intra i mortali,<br />
Se’ di speranza fontana vivace.<br />
Donna, se’ tanto grande, e tanto vali,<br />
Che qual vuol grazia, ed a te non ricorre,<br />
Sua disianza vuol volar senz’ali.<br />
La tua benignità non pur soccorre<br />
A chi dimanda, ma molte fiate<br />
Liberamente al dimandar precorre.<br />
3. The Beatific Vision (St Bernard’s Prayer)<br />
Virgin Mo<strong>the</strong>r, daughter <strong>of</strong> thy Son,<br />
humblest and most exalted <strong>of</strong> all earth’s children,<br />
fixed goal <strong>of</strong> eternal wisdom,<br />
Thou art she through whom human nature<br />
was ennobled, when <strong>the</strong> Creator<br />
did not disdain to fashion himself on <strong>the</strong>e.<br />
In thy womb was love reborn,<br />
through whose warmth in eternal peace<br />
this flower germinated.<br />
Thou art for us <strong>the</strong> noonday torch<br />
<strong>of</strong> charity, and here below, for mortals<br />
thou art <strong>the</strong> lively fount <strong>of</strong> hope.<br />
Lady, thou art so great, so worthy,<br />
that whoever wants grace but seeks it not <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>e<br />
has a desire that, wingless, cannot fly.<br />
Thy beneficence not only succours<br />
those who ask, but many a time<br />
freely anticipates <strong>the</strong> appeal.<br />
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