X. _Deus immensa trinitas_
(Mozarabic, Common of Saints)
1. Deus, immensa trinitas,
Unita semper gloria,
Pater, Christe, Paraclite,
Rerum invicte Domine.
1. O glorious immensity
And one eternal Trinity,
Father and Comforter and Word,
Of all that is, unconquered Lord,
2. Qui largitatem muneris
Quo praestasti martyri,
Cuius festa votissima,
Quam celebramus hodie.
2. The saint for whom our chants of praise
Consenting on this feast we raise,
With princely guerdons thou didst bless:
Thy crown, thy palm, thy happiness.
3. Tormenta qui saevissima
Ac varia supplicia
Victrice tua dextera
Mente robusta pertulit.
3. In tortures, great and cruel pain
Thou didst with thy right hand sustain
Thy servant, who with steadfast heart
Bore the tormentor’s every art.
4. Huius, adclines, Domine,
Te deprecamur, precibus,
Aetherea consortia,
Celsa dona fastigia.
4. Thy gracious ear, O Christ divine,
Unto thy servant’s prayer incline,
To whom thy fairest gifts are given
Within the gracious halls of heaven.
5. Qui princeps esse principum
Rex mysticus agnosceris,
Agnita nostra crimina
Large dele clementia.
5. Thee Prince of Princes, we proclaim,
The King that bears the mystic name:
Blot out in thy great love, we pray,
The sins that mar this holy day.
6. Adventus ut cum fulgidus
Tuus, Christe, patuerit,
Tuo ducante martyre
Laeti pergamus obviam.
6. That so when Thou shalt come again,
O Christ, in light, on earth to reign,
Led by thy martyr, we may dare
To rise to meet thee in the air.
7. (added)
Deo Patri sit gloria
Eiusque soli Filio
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Et nunc et omne saeculum.
7. (added)
To God the Father glory be,
And God the Son eternally,
With God the Holy Paraclete
Through endless ages, as is meet.
Tr. Alan G. Mcdougall (_Pange Lingua_ _etc._, Burns, Oates &
Washbourne, London, 1916. p. 71. Quoted by permission of publishers.)