>On Mon, 7 Sep 1998 Bill East <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>"Veni redemptor gentium" was written by St Ambrose for Christmas.
>I do not
>have the Latin text to hand, but <snipped>
>Perhaps some member of the medieval-studies list would be kind enough
to
>supply the Latin.
>
The text as currently sung 'ad officium lectionis' in Advent II (16-24
Dec) taken from the _LH_ (typica altera, 1985):
Veni redemptor gentium,
ostende partum Virginis;
miretur omne saeculum:
talis decet partus Deum.
Non ex virili semine,
sed mystico spiramine
Verbum Dei factum_est caro
fructusque ventris floruit.
Alvus tumescit Virginis,
claustrum pudoris permanet,
vexilla virtutum micant,
versatur in templo Deus.
Procedat e thal(a)mo suo,
pudoris aula regia,
gem(i)nae gigas substantiae
alacris ut currat viam.
Aequalis aeterno Patri,
carnis tropaeo cingere,
infirma nostri corporis
virtute firmans perpeti.
Praesepe jam fulget tuum
lumenque nox spirat novum,
quod nulla nox interpolet
fideque jugi luceat.
Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
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