Aurora Lucis Rutilat

Text:  6th century Latin 
Music:  Brian M. Ames  2002
Tune:  Aurora  8.8.8.8
OHT Incipit:  

Aurora lucis rutilat,
Caelum resultat laudibus,
Mundus exsultans iubilat,
Gemens infernus ululat.

Cum rex ille fortissimus,
Mortis confractis viribus,
Pede conculcans tartara
Solvit catena miseros.

Ille, quem clausum lapide
Miles custodit acriter,
Triumphans pompa nobili
Victor surgit de funere.

Inferni iam gemitibus
solutis et doloribus,
Quia surrexit Dominus
Resplendens clamat angelus.

Esto perenne mentibus
Paschale, Iesu, gaudium,
Et nos renatos gratie
Tuis triumphis aggrega.

Iesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui morte victa praenites,
Cum Patre_et almo Spiritu,
In sempiterna saecula.

The Ames Hymn Collection

MIDI sequence copyright © 2002 Brian M. Ames.

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