Three motets

Song Cycle by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924)

Word count: 2023

English translation: Three Motets
German (Deutsch) translation: Drei Motetten ( Bertram Kottmann)

1. Justorum animae [sung text checked 1 time]

Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt,
Et non tanget illos tormentum [mortis]¹.
Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori,
Illi autem sunt in pace.

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Book of Wisdom / Wisdom of Solomon / Σοφια Σολομωντοσ, no. 3

It is based on

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Book of Wisdom / Wisdom of Solomon / Σοφια Σολομωντοσ, no. 3

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

ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "The souls of the righteous"
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Gerechten Seelen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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¹ Stanford: "malitiae" (as found in some Roman Catholic liturgies)

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2. Coelos ascendit [sung text checked 1 time]

Coelos ascendit hodie Jesus Christus Rex gloriae,
Alleluia!
Gubernat coelum et sedet ad Patris dexteram,
Alleluia!
Jam finem habent omnia Patris Davidis carmina,
Alleluia!
Jam Dominus cum Domino sedet in Dei solio,
In hoc triumpho maximo,
Alleluia!
Benedicamus Domino, laudatur Sancta Trinitas,
Deo dicamus gratias,
Alleluia! Amen.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from the Cowley Carol Book [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

FRE French (Français) (Dwain Richardson) , "Aujourd'hui, Jésus-Christ, le Roi de gloire est monté aux cieux", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Himmelfahrt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Beati quorum via [sung text checked 1 time]

1   [Alleluja.] Beati [immaculati in via]¹,
    qui ambulant in lege Domini.
  Beati qui scrutantur testimonia ejus;
    in toto corde exquirunt eum.
[ ... ]

Authorship

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 118 (119)" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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¹ Stanford: "quorum via integra est"

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