Oh King of Nations | Oh King of Nations, the one desired by them

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Translation © by Anyi Sharma

O Rex gentium

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,
lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:
veni, et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts [author's text checked 1 time 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 Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968), "O Rex gentium " [ chorus ], from O Antiphons, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Arvo Pärt.
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ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , "Oh King of Nations", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 20

Oh King of Nations

Language: English after the Latin

Oh King of Nations, [the one] desired by them,
and corner stone, you who make both one: 
come, and save man,
whom you formed from mud.

Translator's notes for line 1: “gentium” refers to tribes, nations, peoples etc.; and “desideratus” can be translated as “desired”, “needed”, or “wished”.

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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 26