A Holy Mind to God | The divine mind is dear to God

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Translation © by Yaoyao Yuan

Mens sancta Deo

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Mens sancta Deo cara,
tranquilla est in spe
nec vana fertur.
Ardet Deo placere,
quod culpa est deflere.
Ridet mundi culmina,
Coeli cupit gaudia.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Mens sancta Deo" [ soprano, clarinet or bassoon, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Yaoyao Yuan) , "A Holy Mind to God", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ton van der Steenhoven

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-03
Line count: 7
Word count: 24

A Holy Mind to God

Language: English after the Latin

The divine mind is dear to God,
It is tranquil in hope,
not carried away by vanity.
It burns to please God,
[and] bewails its faults.
It laughs at the heights of the world 
[and] desires the joys of heaven.

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-04
Line count: 7
Word count: 40