O you who are the serenity of heaven and earth | O you who are of heaven and earth the serenity

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

O qui coeli terraeque serenitas

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE GER

Aria da capo - Allegretto
 O qui coeli terraeque serenitas
 et fons lucis et arbiter es,

 Unde regis aeterna tua sidera
 mitis considera
 nostra vota, clamores et spes.

Recitativo
 Fac ut sordescat tellus
 dum respicimus coelum;
 fac ut bona superna
 constanter diligamus
 et sperantes aeterna
 quidquid caducum 
 est odio habeamus.

Aria da capo - Largo
 Rosa quae moritur,
 unda quae labitur,
 mundi delicias
 docent fugaces.

 Vix fronte amabili
 mulcent cum labili
 pede praetervolant
 larvae fallaces.

Alleluia - Allegro

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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "O qui coeli terraeque serenitas", RV. 631 [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "O what is the calm of heaven and earth", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "O you who are the serenity of heaven and earth", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "O toi qui du ciel et de la terre es la paix", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Laura Prichard) , "Was ist die Stille des Himmels und der Erde", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 75

O you who are the serenity of heaven and earth

Language: English after the Latin

Aria da capo - Allegretto
 O you who are of heaven and earth the serenity 
 and the wellspring of light and the judge,

 From where you rule your eternal stars
 look with kindness upon 
 our prayers, cries, and hopes.

Recitativo
 Make the world appear unclean
 when we regard heaven;
 make us love continually
 the celestial blessings 
 and, looking forward to the everlasting,
 hold in contempt 
 whatever is transient.

Aria da capo - Largo
 The rose that dies,
 the wave that recedes, 
 teach of the world's
 fleeting pleasures.

 Scarcely do they with lovely mien
 delight us, when with fluid
 steps they slip away,
 deceitful phantoms.

Alleluia - Allegro

Text Authorship:

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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: 2026-01-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 104