Ardent dawns the day when Judgment strikes

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Andrew Stewart

Apparebit repentina dies magna Domini

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Apparebit repentina dies magna Domini,
fur obscura velut nocte improvisos occupans.
Brevis totus tum parebit prisci luxus saeculi,
totum simul cum clarebit praeterisse saeculum.
Clangor tubae per quaternas terrae plagas concinens,     
vivos una mortuosque Christo ciet obviam.
De caelesti judex arce, majestate fulgidus,
claris angelorum choris comitatus aderit.
Erubescet orbis lunae, sol et obscurabitur,
stellae cadent pallescentes, mundi tremet ambitus.
Flamma ignis anteibit justi vultum judicis,
caelos, terras, fluctus maris et profundi devorans.
Gloriosus rex sedebit in sublimi solio;
angelorum tremebunda circumstabunt agmina.

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Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 5^th-7^th century ) [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Apparebit repentina dies magna Domini", published 1947 [mixed chorus and brass], from the cantata Apparebit repentina dies, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Andrew Stewart) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 83

Ardent dawns the day when Judgment...

Language: English after the Latin

Ardent dawns the day when Judgment strikes 
  the heedless --- swiftly, like the thief at night. 
Brief the wealth of ages past shall seem,
  when that fell day outshines them with its gleam. 
Calls the trumpet north, south, east, and west, 
  to summon dead and living souls to Christ. 
Down then comes the Judge in majesty,
  with choirs of angels bright arrayed close by. 
Eerily the moon shall blush, the day
  shall dim, the stars go out, earth's axis sway. 
Flames shall guide the Face of Justice nigh, 
  while waters deep shall flood the land and sky. 
Glorious, the King shall sit enthroned,
  with trembling throngs of angels gathered round.

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a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 109