Ut queant laxis
Language: Latin 
Ut queant laxis resonare fibris
mira gestorum famuli tuorum,
solve polluti labiis reatum, 
sancte Joannes.

Nuntius celso veniens Olympo,
te patri magnum fore nasciturum,
nomen, et vitae seriem gerendae,
ordine promit.

Ille promissi dubius superni
perdidit promptae modulos loquelae;
sed reformasti genitus peremptae
organa vocis.

Laudibus cives celebrant superni
te, Deus simplex pariterque trine;
supplices ac nos veniam precamur: 
parce redemptis.

Ventris obstruso recubans cubili,
senseras Regem thalamo manentem:
hinc parens, nati, meritis, uterque, 
abdita pandit.

Sit decus Patri, genitaeque proli 
et tibi, compare utriusque virtus, 
Spiritus semper, Deus unus, omni 
Temporis aevo. Amen.

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•   R. de Lassus 

R. de Lassus sets stanza 1

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  • Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Jan Novák.
  • Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Claudio Monteverdi.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 94