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celebrate you | ''with lauds, one God and at once triune; | ||
with lauds, one God | ''we also come imploring forgiveness; | ||
and at once | ''spare us among the redeemed. | ||
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Thou, in thy mother's womb all darkly cradled, | Thou, in thy mother's womb all darkly cradled, |
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Ut queant laxis is the Office hymn for second Vespers of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (June 24). The more famous of the two Gregorian melodies is attributed to Guido d'Arezzo and begins each phrase on a higher scale degree: hence the naming of the solfeggio notes after the first syllable of each line of the first verse.
External links
- guidonian tune (from Liber usualis, p. 1342) and translation
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
- Wikipedia article
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Original text and translations
Latin text Ut queant laxis resonare fibris |
English translation For thy spirit, holy John, to chasten |