Catalan (Català) translation of Sanctus

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Sanctus", op. 66 no. 4, published 1961 [ soprano, tenor, baritone, satb chorus, boys' chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ ], from War Requiem, no. 4

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Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,
Domine Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis!

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Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Hosanna in excelsis

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After the blast of lightning from the East,
The flourish of loud clouds, the Chariot Throne;
After the drums of time have rolled and ceased,
And by the bronze west long retreat is blown,

Shall life renew these bodies? Of a truth
All death will He annul, all tears assuage? -
Fill the void veins of Life again with youth,
And wash, with an immortal water, Age?

When I do ask white Age he saith not so:
"My head hangs weighed with snow."
And when I hearken to the Earth, she saith:
"My fiery heart shrinks, aching. It is death.
Mine ancient scars shalls not be glorified,
Nor my titanic tears, the sea, be dried."

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First published in the Saturday Westminster Gazette, 1919.


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Author(s): Bible or other Sacred Texts , Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)
Sant, sant, sant 
és el Senyor, Déu de l'univers.
El cel i la terra són plens de la vostra glòria.
Hosanna a dalt del cel.

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Beneït el qui ve en nom del Senyor.
Hosanna a dalt del cel.

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Després de l’esclat de llampecs a llevant,
el brandir de núvols sorollosos, el Tron-Carruatge;
després que els tambors del Temps han redoblat i callat
i que les cornetes de l’oest han tocat a llarga retreta,

reprendrà la vida en aquests cossos? En veritat,
anul•larà tota la mort, eixugarà totes les llàgrimes? –
O omplirà totes aquestes venes buides de joventut,
i amb una aigua immortal purificarà la senectut?

Quan pregunto a la blanca senectut, no em diu pas:
“El meu cap penja sota el pes de la neu.”
I quan escolto la Terra, ella em diu:
“El meu cor ardit s’encongeix de dolor. És mort.
Les meves antigues cicatrius no han de ser glorificades,
ni la meva immensa mar de llàgrimes assecada.”

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Translation © by Salvador Pila