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Hymn at Vespers in Lent, attributed to Pope St Gregory the Great.
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 Latin text
1 Audi benigne conditor,
nostras preces cum fletibus,
in hoc sacro jejunio,
fusas quadragenario.
2 Scrutator alme cordium,
infirma tu scis virium,
ad te reversis exhibe
remissionis gratiam.
3 Multum quidem peccavimus,
sed pace confitentibus,
ad nominis laudem tui,
confer medelam languidis.
4 Concede nostrum conteri,
corpus per abstinentiam,
culpae ut relinquant parbulum,
jejuna corda criminum.
5 Praesta beata Trinitas,
concede simplex unitas,
ut fructuosa sint tuis,
jejuniorum munera.
Amen.
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 English translation
1 O merciful Creator, hear;
In tender pity bow Thine ear:
Accept the tearful prayer we raise
In this our fast of forty days.
2 Each heart is manifest to Thee;
Thou knowest our infirmity:
Repentant now we seek Thy face;
Impart to us Thy pardoning grace.
3 Our sins are manifold and sore,
But spare Thou them who sin deplore;
And for Thine own Name’s sake make whole
The fainting and the weary soul.
4 Grant us to mortify each sense
By means of outward abstinence,
That so from every stain of sin
The soul may keep her fast within.
5 Blest Three in One, and One in Three
Almighty God, we pray to Thee,
That Thou wouldst now vouchsafe to bless
Our fast with fruits of righteousness
- Translation by John Mason Neale
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