Salva nos

General information

Antiphon on the Nunc dimittis at Compline.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Salva nos Domine  Latin STTB
• Tommaso Bai — Salva nos Domine  Latin SATB
• Edward Bairstow — Save us, O Lord  English SATB
• Jacob Handl — Salva nos  Latin SATB.SATB
• Jean Mouton — Salva nos, Domine  Latin SATTBB, SAATBB, AATTBB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Salva nos  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes, custodi nos dormientes: ut vigilemus cum Christo et requiescamus in pace.

English translation Save us, O Lord, waking, guard us sleeping, that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.