Adorna thalamum tuum (William Byrd)
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Title: Adorna thalamum tuum
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATT
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), vol.3 no.11
Description: Processional antiphon for the Feast of the Purification, 2nd February.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion, et suscipe Regem Christum:
amplectere Mariam, quae est coelestis porta:
ipsa enim portat Regem gloriae novi luminis.
Subsistit Virgo adducens manibus Filium ante luciferum genitum:
quem accipiens Simeon in ulnas suas praedicavit populis Dominum eum,
esse vitae et mortis, et Salvatorem mundi.
English translation
Adorn thy bridal chamber, O Sion, and receive Christ the King:
embrace Mary, who is the gate of heaven,
who herself truly brings the glorious King of new light.
She remains a virgin, though bearing in her hands a Son begotten before the daystar,
whom Simeon, taking him in his arms, proclaimed to the people
to be the Lord of life and death, and Saviour of the world.
