by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)
Felix virgo, mater Christi
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
Motetus Felix virgo, mater Christi, Que gaudium mundo tristi Ortu tui contulisti, Dulcissima; Sic hereses pervenisti, Dum angelo credidisti Filiumque genuisti, Castissima. Roga natum, piissima, Ut pellat mala plurima Tormentaque gravissima, Que patimur; Nam a gente ditissima, Lux lucis splendidissima, De sublimi ad infima Deducimur; Cunctis bonis exuimur, Ab impiis persequimur, Per quos, [virgo]1, subicimur Servitutis, Nam sicut ceci gradimur Nec directorem sequimur, Sed a viis retrahimur Nobis tutis. Gracie fons et virtutis, Sola nostre spes salutis, Miserere destitutis Auxilio, Ut a culpis absolutis Et ad rectum iter ductis Inimicisque destructis Pax sit nobis cum gaudio. Triplum Inviolata genitrix, Superbie grata victrix Expers paris, Celestis aule janitrix, Miserorum exauditrix, Stella maris, Que ut mater consolaris Et prolapsis deprecaris Humiliter, Gracie fons singularis, Que angelis dominaris, Celeriter Para nobis tutum iter Juvasque nos viriliter; Nam perimus, Invadimur hostiliter, Sed tuimur debiliter. Neque scimus Quo tendere nos possimus Nec per quem salvi erimus Nisi per te. Eya! ergo poscimus, Ut sub alis tuis simus Et versus nos te converte. Tenor: Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes....
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1 in some editions, "jugo"
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
1 in some editions, "jugo"
Text Authorship:
- by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377) [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377), "Felix virgo, mater Christi" [four-part chorus], motet [text verified 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Happy virgin, mother of Christ", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 171