Beyond the natural order of things | Beyond the natural order of things

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Praeter rerum seriem

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Praeter rerum seriem
Parit Deum hominem
Virgo mater.

Nec vir tangit virginem
Nec prolis virginem
Novit pater.

Virtus sancti spiritus
Opus illud coelitus
Operatur.

Initus et exitus
Partus tui penitus
Qui scrutatur ?

Dei providentia
Quae disponit omnia
Tam suave

Tua puerperia
Transfer in mysteria
Mater, ave.

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 Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Praeter rerum seriem" [chorus] [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Beyond the natural order of things", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 46

Beyond the natural order of things

Language: English after the Latin

Beyond the natural order of things
A virgin mother
Gave birth to God as man.

No man touched the virgin
Nor did the father of the child
Know¹ the mother.

The power of the holy spirit
Accomplished
This heavenly work.

The ins and outs
Of your birth, who
Can examine them wholly?

By the providence of God,
So sweet,
Which arranges all things,

Convert into a holy mystery
This childbirth of yours,
Mother, hail.

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¹ 'in the Biblical sense', as they say : i.e. take her virginity

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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: 2012-10-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 74