Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria virgo,
Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, maiden Mary,
cunctas haereses sola interemisti
you alone have done away with all rivalry of beliefs,
quae Gabrielis archangeli dictis credidisti.
you who believed the sayings of the archangel Gabriel.
Dum virgo Deum et hominem genuisti
While a virgin, you have borne God and man;
et post partum virgo inviolata permansisti.
and after birth you remained pure and inviolate.
Gabrielem archangelum scimus
We know that Gabriel the archangel
divinitus te esse affatum.
spoke to you prophetically.
Uterum tuum de Spiritu Sancto
We believe that your womb
credimus impregnatum.
was made pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Erubescat Judeus infelix qui dicit
May the unhappy Jew blush who says that
Christum ex Joseph semine esse natum.
Christ was born from the seed of Joseph.
Dum virgo Deum et hominem genuisti
While a virgin, you have borne God and man;
et post partum virgo inviolata
and after birth, a virgin pure
integra et casta es Maria.
inviolate and chaste are you, Mary.
Quae es effecta fulgida coeli porta.
You who have been made the shining door of Heaven.
O mater alma Christi carissima,
O loving and dearest mother of Christ,
suscipe laudum pia preconia
uphold the pious prayers of our praises,
nostra ut pura pectora sint et corpora,
so that both our hearts and bodies may be pure;
quae nunc flagitant devota voxque et corda.
those things which now devoted voices and hearts demand.
Tu da per precata dulcissona
Grant through our prayers
nobis perpetua frui vita.
that we may enjoy the sweetest perpetual life,
O benigna quae sola inviolata permansisti.
kind Lady who alone has remained inviolate.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Et post partum virgo inviolata per mansisti.
And after birth you remained inviolate.
CANDLEMAS: RESPOND AND PROSE AT SECOND VESPERS
Performance by the Clerkes of Oxenford [Grooveshark]
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