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by Hermann von Reichenau (1013 - 1054), as Hermannus Contractus

De sanctissima Trinitate
Language: Latin 
1.
Benedictio
trinae unitati,
simplici deitati
semper
omnifaria :	 

2a.
Parenti,
cui sempiternalis
stat identitas,
sempiternitas
iatriel mira;	

2b.
Par verbo,
quod coessentiva
sapientia,
vere veritas
exsplendet viva.

3a. 
Tibi et, amborum
voluntas, 
pneuma, et suavitas;
tu beatitudo sancta,
sanctitas es exstantiva.

3b. 
Tres omnium genus
bonorum 
generalissimum,
ὢν, ens, nobis ex quo vita
stillat, amor et sophia.

4a.
Optima veraque
aeternitas,
aeterna et optima
veritas,
vera aeternaque
bonitas. 

4b.
Odium, falsitas
morsque cedant,
figuram tuam nobis
explicet
usia, ratio,
caritas.

5a. 
Fons, in quo sunt, vivunt,
quorum umbras mortales
expetunt,
vitae deliciae,
decus, sotheria,
regnuin, virtus,
victoria.	

5b. 
Fac tuos supplices
tuae dilectionis
compotes,
effuga daemones,
orbem
christianum,
ω ϗαὶ ἂλφα,
magnifica.

6a. 
Pater, El, Eloi,
Eloe,
Elion,
Ia, Sadai,
lux, Samain,
tu Eie, rex
Sabaoth, ineffabilis,
Adonai,
tuum
nos plasma
conserva.	

6b. 
Proles Emmanuel,
mire niirabilis,
summe
consul,
Deus fortis,
Dominus iustus,
futuri pater saeculi,
princeps pacis,
Iesu
Messia,
nos salva.		

7a. 
Spiritus timoris
pietatis,
scientiae,
fortitudinis,
consilii,
iniellectus
ac sapientiae,
nos illustra,
unge,
sanctifica.	  

7b. 
Simplex trinitatis
tu unitas,
unitatis
trina deitas,
purga culpas,
aegros sana,
hostes pacitica,
solve vincla,
pelle pericula.

8.
Ac te sitientes
pio vultu saties
paceque aeterna
in Ierusalem superna.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann von Reichenau (1013 - 1054), as Hermannus Contractus, "De sanctissima Trinitate" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Sergey Sergeyevich Averintsev (1937 - 2004) , copyright © ; composed by Galina Ustvolskaya.
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