O KIND CREATOR
VESPERS HYMN FOR LENT : Audi Benigne Conditor
St. Gregory the Great. d.604, Tr. T.A.Lacey / T.Campion, d.1619
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Latin (different tune): AUDI BENIGNE CONDITOR
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O Kind Creator, how Thine ear; Mark Thou our pray'r and contrite tears, Unto Thy throne of mercy raised, Through holy fast of forty days. |
Audi, benígne Cónditor, Nóstras préces cum flétibus, In hoc sácro jejúnio Fúsas quadragenário. |
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Our hearts are open before Thee, Searcher of our infirmity; Now as we turn to seek Thy face, Pour down on us redeeming grace. |
Scrutátor álme córdium, Infírma tu scis vírium: Ad te revérsis éxhibe Remissiónis grátiam. |
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As sinners we offend indeed, Yet spare those who still trust in Thee; And for the honor of Thy name, Our languid souls to life reclaim. |
Multum quidem peccávimus, Sed párce confiténtibus: Ad nóminis láudem túi, Cónfer medélam lánguidis. |
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Let now the body be put down; By sense and sin the same unowned: We ask of Thee, do Thou concede, That fasting hearts from vice recede. |
Concéde nóstrum cónteri Córpus per abstinéntiam, Cúlpæ ut relínquant pábulum Jejúna córda críminum. |
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Grant, O most Holy Trinity, One undivided Unity, That by the bodies' fasting blest, Thy faithful souls in Thee may rest. |
Praésta beáta Trínitas, Concéde símplex Unitas: Ut fructuósa sint túis Jejuniórum múnera. |
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