Great Father Augustine
Magne Pater Augustine, Preces nostras suscipe, Et per eas Conditori Nos placare satage, Atque rege gregem tuum Summum decus Praesulum. | Great Father Augustine, receive our prayers, and by them, seek thou to reconcile us to the Creator, and rule thy flock, o highest glory of bishops. |
Amatorem paupertatis Te collaudant pauperes: Assertorem veritatis Amant veri judices: Frange nobis favos mellis De Scripturis disserens. | The poor praise thee as one who loved poverty: true judges love thee as a defender of the truth; share with us the sweetness as thou expound the Scriptures. |
Quae obscura prius erant Nobis plana faciens, Tu de verbis Salvatoris Dulcem panem conficis Et propinas potum vitae De Psalmorum nectare. | Making plain to us what was once obscure, thou makest sweet bread from the Saviour’s words, and offer us the drink of life from the nectar of the Psalms. |
Tu de vita clericorum Sanctam scribis regulam Quam qui amant et se- quuntur Viam tenent regiam Atque tuo sancto ductu Redeunt ad patriam. | Thou didst write the holy rule for the life of clerics; and they that love and follow it, keep the royal way, and under thy holy leadership return to the Father’s land. |
Regi regum salus, vita, Decus et imperium: Trinitati laus et honor Sit per omne saeculum: Qui concives nos adscribat Supernorum civium. Amen. | To the King of kings be life, salvation, glory and rule: to the Trinity praise and honor be through every age: and may He make us fellow- citizens of those that dwell in heaven. Amen. |
And in polyphony
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