O toi qui du ciel et de la terre es la paix | O toi qui du ciel et de la terre es la paix

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Translation © by Guy Laffaille

O qui coeli terraeque serenitas

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE GER

Aria da capo - Allegretto
 O qui coeli terraeque serenitas
 et fons lucis et arbiter es,

 Unde regis aeterna tua sidera
 mitis considera
 nostra vota, clamores et spes.

Recitativo
 Fac ut sordescat tellus
 dum respicimus coelum;
 fac ut bona superna
 constanter diligamus
 et sperantes aeterna
 quidquid caducum 
 est odio habeamus.

Aria da capo - Largo
 Rosa quae moritur,
 unda quae labitur,
 mundi delicias
 docent fugaces.

 Vix fronte amabili
 mulcent cum labili
 pede praetervolant
 larvae fallaces.

Alleluia - Allegro

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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "O qui coeli terraeque serenitas", RV. 631 [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "O what is the calm of heaven and earth", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "O you who are the serenity of heaven and earth", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "O toi qui du ciel et de la terre es la paix", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Laura Prichard) , "Was ist die Stille des Himmels und der Erde", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 75

O toi qui du ciel et de la terre es la paix

Language: French (Français) after the Latin

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Aria da capo - Allegretto
 O toi qui du ciel et de la terre es la paix
 et la source de la lumière et le maître.

 D'où tu règnes sur tes étoiles éternelles
 regarde avec indulgence
 nos vœux, nos cris et nos espoirs.

Recitativo
 Fais que la terre se salisse
 pendant que nous regardons le ciel ;
 fais que les biens d'en haut
 nous les aimions avec constance
 et qu'en espérant l'éternité
 nous ayons en haine 
 ce qui est périssable.

Aria da capo - Largo
 La rose qui meurt
 et l'onde qui coule,
 enseignent que les délices du monde
 sont fugaces.

 Difficilement sous un air aimable
 ils charment, d'un pied
 qui glisse ils passent,
 spectres trompeurs.

Alléluia.

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 114