AUDI BENIGNE CONDITOR

VESPERS HYMN FOR LENT
--St. Gregory the Great, d.604 / Mode II chant--

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English (different tune): O KIND CREATOR

1	Audi, benígne Cónditor, Nóstras préces cum flétibus, In hoc sácro jejúnio Fúsas quadragenário.	Thou loving Maker of mankind, / Before Thy throne we pray and weep! / Oh, strengthen us with grace divine / Duly this sacred Lent to keep.
2	Scrutátor álme córdium, Infírma tu scis vírium: Ad te revérsis éxhibe Remissiónis grátiam.	Searcher of hearts! Thou dost our ills / Discern, and all our weakness know; / Again to Thee with tears we turn, / Again to us mercy show.
3	Multum quidem peccávimus, Sed párce confiténtibus: Ad nóminis láudem túi, Cónfer medélam lánguidis.	Much have we sinned; but we confess / Our guilt, and all our faults deplore: / Oh, for the praise of Thy great name / Our fainting souls to health restore!
4	Concéde nóstrum cónteri Córpus per abstinéntiam, Cúlpæ ut relínquant pábulum Jejúna córda críminum.	And grant us, while by fasts we strive / This mortal body to control, / To fast from all the food of sin, / And so to purify the soul.
5	Praésta beáta Trínitas, Concéde símplex Unitas: Ut fructuósa sint túis Jejuniórum múnera.	Hear us, O Trinity thrice blest! / Sole Unity! to Thee we cry: / Vouchsafe us from these fasts below / To reap immortal fruit on high.
*	Amen.	Amen.

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