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Requiescat a labore
Language: Latin 
Requiescat a labore
Doloroso, et amore. 
Unionem cœlitum 
Flagitavit: 
Jam intravit 
Salvatoris adytum. 

In obscura tumbae cella 
Alma micat justo stella: 
Instar ipse siderum 
Refulgebit, 
Dum videbit 
In fulgore dominum. 

Salve victor sub corona, 
Sponse in nitente zona, 
Millibus com lacrimis 
Quem salutet, 
Tua nutet 
Vidua in tenebris. 

In æterna mihi junctum 
Amor dignior defunctum 
Beatorum socium: 
Mors piavit, 
Qui sanavit 
Insanatum animum. 

Tecum fata sum perpessa: 
Tecum dormiam defessa 
Et in Sion veniam. 
Solve crucem, 
Duc ad lucem 
Degravatam animam. 

Sanctæ animæ, favete 
Consolare, paraclete, 
Audin sonat gaudia. 
Cantilena 
Et amœna 
Angelorum cythara. 

Requiescat a labore 
Doloroso, et amore. 
Unionem cœlitum 
Flagitavit: 
Jam intravit 
Salvatoris adytum.

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Confirmed with Alte christliche Lieder und Kirchengesänge teutsch und lateinisch, ed. by Adolf Ludewig Follen, Eberfeld: Heinrich Büschler, 1819, pages 129 - 133.


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