Ut Phoebi radiis | Ut Phoebi radiis soror obvia sidera luna

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Ut Phoebi radiis

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ut Phoebi radiis soror obvia sidera luna;
Ut regis Salomon sapientis nomine cunctos;
Ut remi ponthum quaerentum velleris aurum;
Ut remi faber instar habens super aera pennas;
Ut remi fas solvaces traducere merces;
Ut remi fas sola Petri currere prora;
Sic super omne quod est regnas, o Virgo Maria.

Latius in numerum canit id quoque caelica turba
Lasso lege ferens eterna munera mundo:
La sol fa ta mina clara praelustris in umbra,
La sol fa mi ta na de Matre recentior ortus
La sol fa mi re ta quidem na non violata,
La sol fa mi re ut rore ta na Gedeon quo.
Rex, o Christe Jesu, nostri Deus, alte memento.

After reading an article by Virginia Woods Callahan in the 1971 Josquin symposium report in which she suggested the 'nonsense' in pars 2 is actually reversed Latin with the 'La' dropping into the following line, David Wyatt suggests the following change to lines 3-6 of the second stanza (with added syllables so that it is translatable):

Animata flos clara praelustris in umbra,
A lana (ul)tima flos de Matre recentior ortus
A lana te rima flos quidem non violata,
A lana te (p)rima flos ut rore Gedeon quo

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Ut Phoebi radiis" [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 111