O eterne Deus (Hildegard von Bingen)

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• (Posted 2025-03-06)  CPDL #84093:   

Editor: Allison Mondel (submitted 2025-03-06).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 51 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Riesencodex f. 466r.

General Information

Title: O eterne Deus
Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: unison
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Antiphon for God the Father

Original text and translations

Latin text O eterne Deus, nunc tibi placeat ut in amore illo ardeas ut membra illa simus, que fecisti in eodem amore, cum Filium tuum genuisti in prima aurora ante omnem creaturam, et inspice necessitatem hanc que super nos cadit, et abstrahe eam a nobis propter Filium tuum, et perduc nos in leticiam salutis.

English translation Oh neverending God, please may you smolder in that love in which you conceived those limbs that we would be when you birthed your Son in the first sunrise before all creation. Look upon these urgings that fall on us, and draw them out of us through your son, and lead us deep into the joy of salvation. Translation by Hugh McElroy