Iam Toto Subitus

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Noah

This hymn is used for the Vespers on the (September) Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Extraordinary Form.

Iam toto subitus vesper eat polo,
Et sol attonitum præcipitet diem,
Dum sævæ recolo ludibrium necis,
Divinamque catastrophen.

Spectatrix aderas supplicio parens,
Malis uda, gerens cor adamantinum:
Natus funerea pendulus in cruce
Altos dum gemitus dabat.

Pendens ante oculos Natus, atrocibus
Sectus verberibus, Natus hiantibus
Fossus vulneribus, quot penetrantibus
Te confixit aculeis!

Heu! sputa, alapæ, verbera, vulnera,
Clavi, fel, alœ, spongia, lancea,
Sitis, spina, cruor, quam varia pium
Cor pressere tyrannide!

Cunctis interea stas generosior
Virgo martyribus: prodigio novo,
In tantis moriens non moreris parens,
Diris fixa doloribus.

Sit summæ Triadi gloria, laus, honor,
A qua suppliciter, sollicita prece,
Posco virginei roboris æmulas
Vires rebus in asperis. Amen.

Words: ascr. Callisto Palumbella, 1720.
Tune: “Iam Toto Subitus” Gregorian Chant, Mode IV.
Meter: 12.12.12.8

This hymn has been translated into English as the following:
Come, Darkness, Spread O’er Heav’n Thy Pall

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