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Translation © by David Wyatt

Victimae paschali laudes

Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT ENG

Victimae paschali laudes
Immolent Christiani.

Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens patri
Reconciliavit peccatores.

Mors et vita duello
Conflixere mirando,
Dux vite mortuus
Regnat vivus.

Dic nobis Maria,
Quid vidisti in via?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis
Et gloriam vidi resurgentis,

Angelicos testes,
Sudarium et vestes.
Surrexit Christus spes mea,
Precedet suos in Galilaeam.

[Credendum est magis soli Mariae veraci 
quam Judaeorum turbae fallaci.]¹
Scimus Christum surrexisse ex mortuis vere: 
tu nobis [Christe]² rex, miserere. Alleluia.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Busnois • M. Charpentier

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² Busnois, Charpentier: "victor"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Antoine Busnois (c1430 - 1492), "Victimae paschali laudes" [ vocal quartet a cappella ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634 - 1704), "Prose pour le jour de Pasques", Mélanges autographes, volume 15, feuillets 47 à 48 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Victimae paschali laudes" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880 - 1971), "Victimae Paschali", op. 5 [ soprano, chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Lof aan het Paaslam", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Praises to the Easter victim", 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: 21
Word count: 75

Praises to the Easter victim

Language: English after the Latin

May Christians offer
Praises to the Easter victim.

The Lamb has redeemed the sheep;
Christ the innocent
Has reconciled sinners to His father.

Death and life 
Contended in a wondrous duel,
The leader of life, though killed,
Reigns alive.

Tell us, Mary,
What did you see on your way?
I saw the tomb of the living Christ
And the glory of his rising,

I saw the angel witnesses,
His shroud and clothes.
Christ, my hope, has risen
He will precede his followers to Galilee.

We trust more in the truthful Mary alone, 
rather than the lying crowd of Jews. 
We know that Christ has truly risen from the dead; 
Christ our king, have mercy on us. Alleluia.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
Line count: 21
Word count: 117