by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Balsamus et munda cera
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): ENG
Balsamus et munda cera
Cum chrismatis unda
Conficiunt agnum, quem do tibi
Muneri magnum
Fonte velut natum,
Per mystica sanctificatum:
Fulgura desursum depellit et omne malignum,
Praegnans servatur,
Sine ve partus liberatur;
Portatus mundae servat a fluctibus undae,
Peccatum frangit ut Christi sanguis et angit,
Dona refert dignis virtutem destruit ignis,
Morte repentina servat Sathanaeque ruina.
Alleluja.
Si quis honoret eum,
Retinet ab hoste triumphum.
Alleluja.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Balsam and clear wax", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Balsam and clear wax
Language: English  after the Latin
Balsam and clear wax,
Water with consecrated oil,
These make the [model of a] lamb1 which I give to you
Great as a gift
Born as if from the source,
Sanctified through holy rites;
It deflects thunderbolts from above2 and every ill;
The mother giving birth is protected,
She emerges from the birth without pain;
The baby she bears is protected by waves of clear water;
[The lamb] shatters and strangles sin like the blood of Christ,
It brings gifts to those worthy of them, and destroys the power of fire [hell],
It protects from sudden death and Satan's destruction.
Alleluia.
If anyone honours [the lamb],
It will keep victory back from the enemy.
Alleluia.
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1 the Pope was distributing wax 'Agnus Dei' (Lamb of God) figures
2 figurative: God's anger (referencing Jupiter's thunderbolts)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
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