Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus (Rabanus Maurus, set by G. Mahler) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Veni, creator spiritus,
mentes tuorum visita;
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti pectora.

Qui Paraclitus diceris,
donum Dei altissimi,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas,
et spiritalis unctio.

Infirma nostri corporis
virtute firmans perpeti;
accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus.

Hostem repellas longius,
pacemque dones protinus;
ductore sic te praevio
vitemus omne pessimum.

Tu septiformis munere,
dexterae paternae digitus;
[tu rite promissum Patris,
sermone ditans guttura.]

Per te sciamus da Patrem,
noscamus [atque] Filium,
[te utriusque] spiritum
credamus omni tempore.

Da gaudiorum praemia,
da gratiarum munera;
dissolve litis vincula,
adstringe pacis foedera.

Gloria Patri Domino,
Deo sit gloria et Filio
natoque, qui a mortuis
surrexit, ac Paraclito
in saeculorum saecula.

Note: brackets indicate Mahler's omissions.

Authorship

Rabanus Maurus Magnentius, Archbishop of Mainz (c784-856)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Symphony No. 8

Set in a modified version by

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

GER

ENG

CAT

ITA

FRE

Date added to the website: 2007-05-31.

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