Round and round the wicked run, condemned

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Translation © by Andrew Stewart

Retro ruent tunc injusti ignes in...

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Retro ruent tunc injusti ignes in perpetuos,
vermis quorum non moritur, ignis nec restringuitur,          
Satan atro cum ministris quo tenetur carcere,
fletus ubi mugitusque, strident omnes dentibus.
Tunc fideles ad caelestem sustollentur patriam,
choros inter angelorum regni petent gaudia.
Urbis summae Jerusalem introibunt gloriam,
vera lucis atque pacis in qua fulget visio.
Xristum regem jam paterna claritate splendidum
ubi celsa beatorum contemplantur 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), "Retro ruent tunc injusti ignes in perpetuos", published 1947 [mixed chorus and brass], from the cantata Apparebit repentina dies, no. 3. [
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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: 10
Word count: 63

Round and round the wicked run,...

Language: English after the Latin

Round and round the wicked run, condemned 
  to flames that burn eternally undimmed. 
Satan and his army, jailed, will greet
  them there with curses, wails, and gnashing teeth. 
Then the faithful band to heaven aspires
  to seek the Kingdom's joys 'mid angel choirs, 
Unto fair Jerusalem, e'er bright
  with peace, contentment, and eternal light. 
Xhrist the King and Father they adore,
  now thronged around Him, blest for evermore.

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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: 10
Word count: 68