O Antiphons

Song Cycle by Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968)

1. O Sapientia
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti,
attingens a fine usque ad finem,
fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia:
veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.

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2. O Adonai
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,
qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.

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3. O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum
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Language: Latin 
O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem Gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô racine de Jessé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. O Clavis David
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;
qui aperis, et nemo claudit;
claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,
sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

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5. O Oriens
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
O Oriens,
splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

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6. O Rex gentium 
 (Sung text)

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

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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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7. O Emmanuel
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.

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Total word count: 163