Mystica

Song Cycle by Erika Budai (b. 1966)

1. O clarissima Mater  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Latin 
R. O clarissima
mater sancte medicine,
tu ungenta
per sanctum Filium tuum
infudisti
in plangentia vulnera mortis,
que Eva edificavit
in tormenta animarum.
Tu destruxisti mortem,
edificando vitam.

R. Ora pro nobis
ad tuum natum,
stella maris, Maria.

V. O vivificum instrumentum
et letum ornamentum
et dulcedo omnium deliciarum,
que in te non deficient.

R. Ora pro nobis
ad tuum natum,
stella maris, Maria.

Gloria Patri et Filio
et Spiritui sancto.

R. Ora pro nobis
ad tuum natum,
stella maris, Maria.

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

4. O quam mirabilis  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Latin 
O quam mirabilis est
prescientia divini pectoris
que prescivit omnem creaturam.
[ ... ]
O quam mirabilis est inspiratio
que hominem sic suscitavit.

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "O How Wondrous", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 118