William Byrd, O gloriosa Domina

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O gloriosa Domina, William Byrd, Gradualia, 1605.
Musica Secreta, dir. Laurie Stras, St Michael and All Angels, Blackheath, 28 September 2023.
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O gloriosa Domina
excelsa super sidera,
qui te creavit provide,
lactasti sacro ubere.
Quod Eva tristis abstulit,
tu reddis almo germine;
intrent ut astra flebiles,
Caeli fenestra facta es.
Tu regis alti ianua
et porta lucis fulgida;
vitam datam per Virginem,
gentes redemptae, plaudite.
Gloria tibi, Domine,
qui natus es de Virgine,
cum Patre et Sancto Spiritu
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
O glorious mistress,
elevated above the constellations,
he, who created you,
you feed from the holy breast.
What sorrowful Eve took away
you give back with your dear child;
the weeping enter as stars,
you are made the window of Heaven.
You are the high king's door
and the bright gate of light;
life is given through a Virgin:
Redeemed nations, rejoice.
Glory to you, O Lord,
Born of a Virgin,
with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
world without end. Amen.

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