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SELECTED GREGORIAl:l' CHANTS

7.' ]esu, quem ve-la-tum nune aspicio,

Jesus, Whom under-a-veil (I) now behold,.

Oro,

fiat illud quod tam

sitio :

I-pray, be-done that which so-much I-thirst-for :

Ut,

te revelata eernens

facie,

That, Thee unveiled perceiving face-to-face,

Visu

sim

beatus

tUae g16riae. Amen.

By-the-vision I-may-be blessed, (seeing) Thy glory.

Amen.

5. Alma Redemptoris

,
A
v

=I. -

L-

it

. --.-- -

rna- Red-empt6- ris Ma-ter"quae pervi- a

Dear-Lady, (the) Redeemer's

Ii==-- -

Mother,

who (the) open

Ii

I' b J--.-+J'--.--.-I

cae-Ii porta ma-nes, Et stel-Ia maoris, succurre ca-denti

heavenly portal dost-remain, And (tIJ.e) star of-the-sea, assist in-their-fall (those)

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surge-re qui eu-rat

to-rise

who

p6-pu- 10 :

care among-thy-people:

Tu quae ge-nu- i-sti,

Thou

who

didst-bear, (while)

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...- .. -Ina- tu- ra mi- ninte, tu- urn sanctum Ge- ni- to- rem;
I

nature

wondered,

thy

holy

'-

Maker:

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r

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Virgo pri- us ac poste-ri- us, Gabri- e-lis ab o-re

A-Virgin

before

and

after,

(from) Gabriel,

from (his) lips,