Victoria: Ad caenam Agni providi - Sixteen

Описание: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ad caenam Agni providi

The Sixteen
Harry Christophers

Score: www.tomasluisdevictoria.org (Nancho Alvárez)

Ad caenam Agni providi,
Et stolis albis candidi,
Post transitum maris Rubri
Christo canamus principi.

Cuius corpus sanctissimum
In ara crucis torridum,
Cruore eius roseo,
Gustando vivimus Deo.

Protecti paschae vespere,
Ad devastante Angelo,
Erepti de durissimo
Pharaonis imperio.

Iam pascha nostrum Christus est,
Qui immolatus agnus est,
Sinceritatis azyma,
Caro eius oblata est.

O vere digna hostia,
Per quam fracta sunt tartara,
Redempta plebs captivata,
Reddita vitae praemia.

Consurgit Christus tumulo,
Victor redit de barathro,
Tyrannum trudens vinculo
Et reserans Paradisum.

Quaesumus, auctor omnium,
In hoc paschali gaudio,
Ab omni mortis impetu,
Tuum defende populum.

Gloria tibi Domine,
Qui surrexisti a mortuis,
Cum Patre et Sancto Spiritu,
In sempiterna saecula. Amen.


=== ENGLISH ===
At the feast made ready by the Lamb,
Let us resplendent in white robes
After our crossing of the Red Sea,
Sing to Christ our head.

Whose most sacred body
Was parched on the altar of the Cross;
It is by tasting his roseate blood
That we live to God.

Protected on the Passover evening
From the destroying angel,
Snatched from the harshest
Rule of Pharaoh.

Now is Christ our Passover,
He who is the sacrificed lamb.
His flesh unleavened in its integrity,
Was made an offering.

O truly worthy sacrifice
Through which Hell has been crushed,
The captive people redeemed,
And the rewards of life restored.

Christ rises from the tomb,
The victor returns from the abyss,
Driving the tyrant with a thong,
And unlocking Paradise.

We beseech you, creator of all,
In this our Easter rejoicing,
To defend your people
From every attack of death.

Glory to you, O Lord,
Who has risen from the dead,
With the Father and the Holy Spirit,
Through eternity. Amen.