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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|Latin|
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{{Text|Latin}}
<poem>
Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus  
Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus  
Septiformini Paracliti gratia,
Septiformini Paracliti gratia:
Ut per eam a delictorum tenebris liberati,  
Ut per eam a delictorum tenebris liberati,  
Vitae gloria perfruamur.
Vitae gloria perfruamur.
}}
</poem>
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{{Translation|English}}
<poem>
Enlighten us, O God of mercies,
with the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit:
That through him, liberated from the darkness of sin,
We may enjoy the glory of life.
</poem>
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CPDL #30571:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif LilyPond 
Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2013-11-16).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 140 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Reconstructed Sextus and Bassus parts copyright @2005 Joop Voorn

General Information

Title: Illumina nos
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: SSATTBB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, 1603

Description: Part of the Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, whose sextus and basses part books were lost and are reconstructed/completed in modern editions, of which one of the most notable is Stravinsky's Tres sacrae cantiones (including Illumina nos).

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus
Septiformini Paracliti gratia:
Ut per eam a delictorum tenebris liberati,
Vitae gloria perfruamur.

English.png English translation

Enlighten us, O God of mercies,
with the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit:
That through him, liberated from the darkness of sin,
We may enjoy the glory of life.