by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Language: Latin
O nata lux de lumine,
Jesu redemptor saeculi,
dignare clemens supplicum
laudes preces que sumere.
Qui carne quondam contegi
dignatus es pro perditis.
Nos membra confer effici
tui beati corporis.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), "O nata lux", stanzas 1-2 [ chorus ]
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "O nata lux de lumine", a tenth-century hymn from Cantiones Sacrae (the original has seven verses), first published 1575
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "O light born of light", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-09-02
Line count: 28
Word count: 101
Language: English after the Latin
O light born of light,
Jesus redeemer of the world,
Gently consider your suppliants'
Praises and prayers which they offer.
You who once considered it right
To be clothed in flesh for sinners,
Grant us to be made limbs of your blessed body.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "O nata lux de lumine", a tenth-century hymn from Cantiones Sacrae (the original has seven verses), first published 1575
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-05
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Word count: 149
