by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by David Wyatt

Permanente vierge / Pulchra es / Sancta Dei genetrix
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  ENG
Permanente vierge, plus digne que nesune,
Femme couverte du soleil de justice,
Chief couronné par divin artifice
De douze estoiles supeditant la lune,

Esmerveillant nature et loy commune,
Tu enfantas par supernel office.
    Permanente vierge, plus digne que nesune,
    Femme couverte du soleil de justice

Preordonnée sans difference aucune,
Du Redempteur fille, mere et nourrice,
Soiez pour nous advocate propice,
Toy supplions, tres belle, clere, brune.

    Permanente vierge, plus digne que nesune,
    Femme couverte du soleil de justice,
    Chief couronné par divin artifice
    De douze estoiles supeditant la lune,

TENOR I:
 Pulchra es et decora, filia Jerusalem: 
 terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata.

TENOR II:
 Sancta Dei genetrix, virgo semper, Maria, 
 mulier amicta sole et luna sub pedibus eius,
 intercede pro nobis ad Dominum Jesum Christum.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Forever virgin / You are beautiful / Holy mother of God", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Line count: 23
Word count: 125

Forever virgin / You are beautiful / Holy mother of God
Language: English  after the Latin 
Forever virgin, worthier than anyone,
Lady clad in the sun of justice,
Your head crowned with the divine symbol
Of twelve stars standing above the moon.

Astounding nature and common rules, 
You gave birth by a divine act.
  Forever virgin, worthier than anyone,
  Lady clad in the sun of justice

Preordained with no difference at all,
Daughter mother and nurse of the Redeemer,
Be for us a kind advocate,
We beg you, most fair, radiant, attractive.

  Forever virgin, worthier than anyone,
  Lady clad in the sun of justice,
  Your head crowned with the divine symbol
  Of twelve stars standing above the moon.

TENOR I:
 You are fair and graceful, daughter of Jerusalem; 
 terrible like an enemy drawn up for battle.

TENOR II:
 Holy mother of God, Mary, ever virgin, mother, 
 clad in sun and moon beneath his feet,
 intercede for us with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-20
Line count: 23
Word count: 142