Audivi vocem de caelo venientem

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General information

8th responsory at Matins on All Saints (Also suitable for Advent).
Source of text is Jeremiah 40:10 and Matthew 25:6.

Settings by composers

Thomas Tallis SATB
John Taverner SATB

Text and translations

Latin text

Audivi vocem de caelo venientem: venite omnes virgines sapientissime;
oleum recondite in vasis vestris dum sponsus advenerit.
Media nocte clamor factus est: ecce sponsus venit.

English translation

I heard a voice coming from heaven: come all wisest virgins;
fill your vessels with oil, for the bridegroom is coming.
In the middle of the night there was a cry: behold the bridegroom comes.