Vultum tuum deprecabuntur

Song Cycle by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521)

1. Vultum tuum deprecabuntur
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Vultum tuum deprecabuntur
omnes divites plebis,
quia in te sola, Virgine Maria,
omnis spes posita est.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "They will pray to your image", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Devant ton visage prieront", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Ave maria
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
et benedictus fructus ventris tui:
Jesus Christus,
Filius Dei vivi.
Et benedicta sint
beata ubera tua,
quae lactaverunt regem regum
et Dominum Deum nostrum.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Hail Mary", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Sancta Dei genitrix
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Sancta Dei genitrix,
Virgo semper Maria.
De cuius utero processit
Salvator noster
et redemptio mundi.
Deprecare Filium,
ut exaudire dignetur
deprecationem nostram.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Holy mother of God", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sainte mère de Dieu", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. O intemerata Virgo
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
O intemerata Virgo,
quae Redemptorem Israel peperisti,
et post partum
virgo permansisti.
Dei genitrix,
intercede pro nobis
et ne despicias preces nostras
quia ore indigno
nomen sanctum tuum invocavimus
0 gloriosa domina,
pro nobis Christum exora.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "O spotless Virgin", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô vierge sans tache", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. O Maria, nullam tam gravem
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
O Maria, nullam tam gravem
possumus habere culpam
pro qua apud tuum Filium
non possis impetrare veniam.
Nihilque est impossibile
apud tuum Filium,
quem genuisti
de tuo sacro corpore,
Mater misericordiae.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "O Mary no such heavy guilt", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô Marie, nous ne pouvons avoir", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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6. Mente tota tibi supplicamus
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Mente tota tibi supplicamus,
ut sicut Filio tuo
Domino nostro Jesu Christo
aliquando displicuimus,
modo vice versa immutatis moribus
per te usque in finem ei complaceamus.
Preces nostras, Virgo mirabilis,
ideo ne despicias quia ore indigno
nomen sanctum tuum
invocare praesumimus:

Sancta Maria,
ora pro nobis;
sancta Dei genitrix,
ora pro nobis;
sancta Virgo virginum,
intercede pro nobis.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "With our whole soul we beg", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "De tout notre esprit nous te supplions", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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7. Ora pro nobis
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Ora pro nobis, Virgo sine termino,
de qua lumen ortum est in tenebris rectis corde
Exaudi nos in tribulatione nostra
et veniam impetra pro peccatis nostris
a Patre et Filio et Spiritu sancto.
Amen.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Pray for us", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prie pour nous", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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