Stella caeli (John Thorne)

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• CPDL #7741: Sibelius 2

Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2004-08-09).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 48 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Stella caeli
Composer: John Thorne

Number of voices: 3vv  Voicing: ATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations

Latin text
Stella caeli exstirpavit quae lactavit Dominum
Mortis pestem quam plantavit primus parens hominum.
Ipsa stella nunc dignetur sidera compescere,
Quorum bella plebem caedunt dirae mortis ulcere.
O gloriosa stella maris, a peste succurre nobis:
Audi nos, nam te filius nihil negans honorat.
Salva nos, Jesu! Pro quibus virgo mater te orat.

English translation
The star of heaven who suckled the Lord
Has rooted out the plague of death which the first parent of men planted.
May that very star now deign to restrain the constellations
Whose wars kill the people with the sore of terrible death.
O glorious star of the sea, save us from the plague.
Hear us, for thy Son honours thee, refusing thee nothing.
Save us, Jesus, on whose behalf the virgin mother beseeches thee.