PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
O suavitas et dulcedo
O salvation and sweetness
Of human kind, Jesus Christ,
Who, for our redemption,
Hung from the cross,
Your limbs stretched, and the
bones
Of your body broken and
counted,
I beseech you, sweet Jesus:
Make me, pour soul, one
with you,
So that no prosperity or
adversity
In this world could ever
Separate me from you.
Amen.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Benedictus Deus
Blessed be God, even the
Father
Of our Lord Jesus Christ,
The Father of mercies
And the God of all comfort,
Who comforteth us
In all our tribulation.
I pray thee, Lord Jesus Christ,
Make all my deeds
Honest, pure and simple
Of opinion and intent,
So that in all my life
I do not wish, think or strive
For anything but what is
salutary for me,
Pleasing to your divine
majesty
And beneficial for my
neighbours.
JACOBUS VAET
O quam gloriosum est regnum
O how glorious is the
Kingdom
Where all saints,
dressed in white,
Rejoice together with Christ,
And they follow the tracks of
the Lamb,
Wherever it leads. Alleluia.
JACOBUS VAET
Salve Regina
Hail Queen,
Mother of mercy,
Our life, our sweetness,
Our hope, hail.
To you ascends our call
Of exiled children of Eve.
To you we sigh
Lamenting and weeping,
In this vale of tears.
Therefore, Mother, our
advocate,
Turn your eyes, full of pity,
Towards us.
And Jesus, blessed fruit
Of your womb,
Show him to us after this
exile.
O clement, o pious,
O sweet virgin Mary!
ALEXANDER UTENDAL
O Domine, multi dicunt
O Lord, many there be
which say
Of my soul: There is no help
For him in God.
But thou, O Lord,
Art a shield for me;
My glory,
And the lifter up of mine
head.
ALEXANDER UTENDAL
Adesto dolori meo
Stand by me in my pain, God,
My torment is too great.
My harp is now mourning,
My song but a complaint.
ALEXANDER UTENDAL
Wie soll ein Herz
How could a heart
Live without pain
When it remembers
Times of joy
That can never return.
Then it must part,
To lament its feelings forever.
It has no place for
Comfort,
Hope and advice,
Since it has no peace, but
Lives,
Floats in sorrow,
Anxious always.
JACOB REGNART
Litania Deiparae Virginis Mariae
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, answer us.
O God the Father of heaven,
Have mercy upon us.
O God the Son, Redeemer of
the world,
Have mercy upon us.
O God the Holy Ghost,
Have mercy upon us.
O Holy Trinity, one God,
Have mercy upon us.
O Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy virgin of all virgins,
Mother of all living creatures,
Mother of beautiful love,
Mother of holy hope,
Paradise of enjoyment,
Tree of life,
House of wisdom,
Gate to heaven,
Desire of the eternal hills,
City of our refuge,
City of Jerusalem,
Sanctuary of God,
Tabernacle of the alliance,
Altar of incense,
Ladder of Jacob,
Immaculate mirror,
Lily among thorns,
Fiery bramble that burns not,
Fleece of Gideon,
Throne of Salome,
Ivory tower,
Dripping honeycomb,
Enclosed garden,
Sealed spring,
Well of living water,
Vessel that brings us bread
From far away,
Morning star,
Rising dawn,
Beautiful as the moon,
Glorious as the sun,
Army positioned for battle,
Seat of God’s glory.
O Lamb of God that takest
away
The sins of the world,
Redeem us, Lord.
O Lamb of God that takest
away
The sins of the world,
Hear us, Lord.
O Lamb of God that takest
away
The sins of the world,
Have mercy upon us.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Fu preda d’empio Nume
The prey to a heartless Power
Was my miserable heart.
While cruel Love
Assigned to it a faltering
beauty
Who, for a short while,
Allowed two bright eyes to
shine,
It languished in pain, always.
Now that a luckier star
Calls me back to honour and
travail,
I sing – delivered of sorrow –
Of sweet and much loved
liberty.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Assai fervida Amante
You are fiery enough as a
lover,
My beautiful goddess, only
not very faithful,
Burning in more than one
fire.
This is the bitter cause of so
much pain
That I suffer from loving you.
My doubting heart, from
hope and fear,
Now sails in such an agitated
ship,
That is sometimes hopes for,
sometimes fears, a stormy
sea.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Lagrimose mie luci
My eyes full of tears,
Weep, now weep,
Until you perform Egeria’s
lament again,
And turn to fluid crystal,
Thus you will be the mirror
Where later, maybe, that
ruthless wild creature
Will see her proud beauty,
Then maybe, or dare I hope,
This too proud heart will be
moved to feeling,
With a tear or a sigh.
Sorrow for my beloved is the
stream that I see.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Io parto o mio fedele
“I go now, my faithful friend,
If I was cruel to you
It was only in appearance,
In my heart I was your
compassionate lover.”
That is what she said when
leaving me,
My only possession, my
whole life,
And whilst uttering these
repenting sounds
Big tears rolled down her
cheeks.
I did not answer her,
For an oppressive sorrow
Turned me to a senseless
stone,
To serve as the gravestone of
my heart
That had already died.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Le premier jour du mois de may
The first day in the month of
May, my Lady,
In my heart I felt your eyes,
So brown, tender, courtly,
smiling, delicious,
That they could create flame
from a block of ice.
The memory of their beauty
inflames me,
And thinking about them, I
become enamoured of them.
O, the happy murderers of
my heart,
I feel your virtue right in my
soul.
Eyes that hold the key to my
thoughts,
My masters, who can disturb
My reason with a single look,
O how I am struck by loving,
you.
Alas! Could I have but
enjoyed your beauty
For still longer, or else not at
all.
ARNOLD VON BRUCK
So drincken wir alle
Thus we all drink
This wine with a tinkle
This wine above other wine
Is the king of all wines
Drink, my dearest Dieter,
So you’ll never go thirsty!
Drink it all up!
There is a little left
You lazy boozer!
Raise your glass and knock
back more:
Drink, my dearest Dieter,
Enjoy the cool wine:
Drink it all up!
The glass must be passed
around
Never leave one long before
you
This wine rids you of all
sorrow
Dieter, do what I say!
Before you lie in a barrel
Before you suffer, fine
boozer,
Drink it all up!
ARNOLD VON BRUCK
Christ der ist erstanden
Christ has risen, alleluia,
From all torture, alleluia.
If he had not arisen, alleluia,
The world would have come
to an end, alleluia.
And because he has arisen,
alleluia,
We praise the Lord Jesus
Christ, alleluia.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Super flumina Babylonis
By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down; yea, we
wept
When we remembered Zion.
There they that carried us
away
Captive
Required of us a song.
How shall we sing the Lord’s
song
In a strange land?
We hanged our harps upon
the willows
In the midst thereof.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Clamavi de tribulatione mea
I cried by reason of mine
affliction
Unto the Lord and
he heard me.
Out of the belly of hell
cried I,
And thou heardest my voice.
Thou hadst cast me into the
deep,
In the midst of the seas;
And the floods compassed
me about.
The waters compassed me about
Even to the soul.
The depth closed me round about
The waves passed over my
head.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Domini est terra
The earth is the Lord’s
And the fullness thereof;
The world, and they
That dwell therein
For he hath founded it
Upon the seas
And established it
Upon the floods.
Who shall ascend
into the hill of the Lord?
Or who shall stand in his
holy place?
He that hath clean hands
And a pure heart
Who hath not lifted up his
soul unto vanity,
Nor sworn deceitfully,
He shall receive the blessing
from the Lord
And righteousness
From the God of his
salvation.
PHILIPPUS DE MONTE
Usquequo, Domine, oblivisceris me?
How long wilt thou
forget me
O Lord? For ever?
How long wilt thou hide
Thy face from me?
How long shall I
Take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart
daily?
How long shall mine enemy
Be exalted over me?
Consider and hear me
O Lord my God;
Lighten mine eyes,
Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Lest mine enemy say,
I have prevailed against him!
And those that trouble me
rejoice
When I am moved.
But I have trusted in thy
mercy;
My heart shall rejoice
In thy salvation.
I will sing unto the Lord,
Because he hath dealt
bountifully with me,
Sing praise unto the name of
the highest Lord.
LAMBERT DE SAYVE
Hodie Christus natus est
Today Christ was born,
alleluia. Today our Saviour
Appeared, alleluia. Today
The angels sing on earth
And the archangels jubilate,
alleluia.
Today the just say
In exaltation: Glory to God
In heaven, alleluia.