Veni, redemptor gentium-Advent Polyphony/Plainchant.
Ambrosian Advent hymn transcribed;
1. Come, redeemer of the peoples,
and show the birth from a Virgin;
every age shall acclaim
that such a birth befits God.
2. Not out of human seed,
but out of godly breath the Word of God is made flesh and the fruit of the womb flourishes. 3. The virgin womb became pregnant yet remained a bastion of chastity; the standards of virtue shine [there], [and] God dwells in [such] temple. 4. Let him come from His chamber, [which is] the kingly dwelling of chastity, a giant of twofold substance intent on fulfilling [his] destiny. He comes from the Father, and to the Father he returns; his path [goes] all the way to the infernal regions [and] return to God's seat. 5. [You who are] an equal to the eternal Father, wear the girdle of flesh [and] invigorate the weakness of our body by [your] eternal virtue. 6. Your cradle shines already and the night breaths a new light, for no night shall intervene and endless …
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