1. Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc,
_Alleluia_.
1. The strain upraise of joy and praise,
Alleluia.
2. In laudibus aeterni regis
haec plebs resultet
_Alleluia_.
2. To the glory of their King
Shall the ransomed people sing
Alleluia.
3. Hoc denique caelestes chori
cantant in altum
_Alleluia_.
3. And the Choirs that dwell on high
Shall re-echo through the sky
Alleluia.
4. Hoc beatorum
per prata paradisiaca
psallat concentus
_Alleluia_.
4. They through the fields of Paradise that roam,
The blessed ones, repeat that bright home
Alleluia.
5. Quin et astrorum
micantia luminaria
iubilant altum
_Alleluia_.
5. The planets glitt’ring on their heavenly way,
The shining constellations, join, and say
Alleluia.
6. Nubium cursus,
ventorum volatus,
fulgurum coruscatio
et tonitruum sonitus
dulce consonent simul
_Alleluia_.
6. Ye clouds that onward sweep!
Ye winds on pinions light!
Ye thunders, echoing loud and deep!
Ye lightnings, wildly bright!
In sweet consent unite your
Alleluia.
7. Fluctus et undae,
imber et procellae,
tempestas et serenitas,
cauma, gelu, nix, pruinae,
saltus, nemora pangant
_Alleluia_.
7. Ye floods and ocean billows!
Ye storms and winter snow!
Ye days of cloudless beauty!
Hoar frost and summer glow!
Ye groves that wave in spring,
And glorious forests, sing
Alleluia.
8. Hinc, variae volucres,
creatorem
laudibus concinite cum
_Alleluia_.
8. First let the birds, with painted plummage gay,
Exalt their great Creator’s praise, and say
Alleluia.
9. Ast illinc respondeant
voces altae
diversarum bestiarum
_Alleluia_.
9. Then let the beasts of earth, with varying strain,
Join in Creation’s Hymn, and cry again
Alleluia.
10. Istinc montium
celsi vertices sonent
_Alleluia_.
10. Here let the mountains thunder forth, sonorous,
Alleluia
There let the valleys sing in gentler chorus,
Alleluia.
11. Illinc vallium
profunditates saltent
_Alleluia_.
11. Thou jubilant abyss of ocean, cry
Alleluia.
Ye tracts of earth and continents, reply
Alleluia.
12. Tu quoque, maris
iubilans abysse, dic
_Alleluia_.
12. To God, Who all Creation made,
The frequent hymn be duly paid:
Alleluia.
13. Necnon terrarum
molis immensitates:
_Alleluia_.
13. This is the strain, the eternal strain, the Lord of all things
loves:
Alleluia.
This is the song, the heav’nly song, that Christ Himself approves:
Alleluia.
14. Nunc omne genus
humanum laudans exsultet
_Alleluia_.
14. Wherefore we sing, both heart and voice awaking,
Alleluia.
And children’s voices echo, answer making,
Alleluia.
15. Et creatori
grates frequentans consonet
_Alleluia_.
15. Now from all men be outpour’d
Alleluia to the Lord;
With Alleluia evermore
The Son and Spirit we adore.
16. Hoc denique nomen audire
iugiter delectatur
_Alleluia_.
16. Praise be done to Three in One.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
17. Hoc etiam carmen caeleste
comprobat ipse Christus
_Alleluia_.
18. Nunc vos, O socii,
cantate laetantes
_Alleluia_.
19. Et vos, pueruli,
respondete semper
_Alleluia_.
20. Nunc omnes canite simul
_Alleluia_ Domino,
_Alleluia_ Christo
Pneumatique _Alleluia_.
21. Laus trinitati aeternae:
_Alleluia, Alleluia,_
_Alleluia, Alleluia,_
_Alleluia, Alleluia._
Tr. John Mason Neale, _Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences_, London.
Masters, 1867, p. 43.
Stanzas 10-13 translate Latin 10-21.