Aures ad nostras (Jacquet de Mantua)
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- Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2024-03-23). Score information: Letter, 11 pages, 104 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Aures ad nostras
Composer: Jacquet de Mantua
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Number of voices: 4/5vv Voicings: SATB or SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Office hymn
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1566 Hymni vesperorum, no. 4
Description: Hymn for Sunday Vespers in Lent
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Original text and translations
Latin text
1. Aures ad nostras Deitatis preces.
Deus, inclina pietate sola:
Supplicum vota suscipe,
precamur, Famili tui.
2. Respice clemens solio de sancto vultu sereno,
lampadas illustra lumine tuo,
tenebras depelle pectore nostro.
3. Crimina laxa pietate multa.
Ablue sordes, vincula disrumple,
parce peccatis, releva jacentes
Dextera tua.
4. Te sine tetro mergimur profundo,
labimur alta sceleris sub unda,
Brachio tuo trahimur ad clara sidera caeli.
5. Christe, lux vera, bonitas et vita,
Gaudium mundi, pietas immensa,
Qui nos a morte roseo salvasti
Sanguine tuo.
6. Insere tuum petimus amorem mentibus nostris,
fidei refunde lumen aeternum caritatis auge
Dilectionem.
7. Tu nobis dona fontem lachrymarum
Jejuniorum fortia ministra
Vitia carnis millia retunde
Framea tua.
8. Procul a nobis perfidus absistat Satan,
a tuis viribus confractus
Sanctus assistat spiritus
a tua sede dimissus.