Victimae paschali laudes
Immolent Christiani.

Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens patri
Reconciliavit peccatores.

Mors et vita duello
Conflixere mirando,
Dux vite mortuus
Regnat vivus.

Dic nobis Maria,
Quid vidisti in via?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis
Et gloriam vidi resurgentis,

Angelicos testes,
Sudarium et vestes.
Surrexit Christus spes mea,
Precedet suos in Galilaeam.

[Credendum est magis soli Mariae veraci 
quam Judaeorum turbae fallaci.]1
Scimus Christum surrexisse ex mortuis vere: 
tu nobis [Christe]2 rex, miserere. Alleluia.

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¹ Omitted by Charpentier.
² Busnois, Charpentier: "victor"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Antoine Busnois (c1430 - 1492), "Victimae paschali laudes" [ vocal quartet a cappella ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634 - 1704), "Prose pour le jour de Pasques", Mélanges autographes, volume 15, feuillets 47 à 48 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Victimae paschali laudes" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880 - 1971), "Victimae Paschali", op. 5 [ soprano, chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Lof aan het Paaslam", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Praises to the Easter victim", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
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Word count: 73