Nox atra rerum contegit

Nox atra rerum contegit
General
Use:	Hymn
Liturgical calendar :	Matutin / Reading room for Feria V. / Thursday
Text origin:	Attributed to Ambrosius or Gregory the Great
Mode :	Fourth tone
Choral book :	Liber Hymnarius , 1983 p. 201

Nox atra rerum contegit is a Latin hymn .

text

Latin	translation	Repositioning by GA Königsfeld
Nox atra rerum contegit terrae colores omnium: nos confitentes poscimus te, iuste iudex cordium, Ut auferas piacula sordesque mentis abluas, donesque, Christe, gratiam ut arceantur crimina. Mens, ecce, torpet impia, quam culpa mordet noxia; obscura gestit tollere et te, Redemptor, quaerere. Repelle tu caliginem intrinsecus quam maxime, ut in beato gaudeat se collocari lumine. Sit, Christe, rex piissime, tibi Patrique gloria cum Spiritu Sancto Paraclito, in sempiterna saecula. Amen.	The dark night covers the colors of all earthly things: we turn to you, righteous judge of hearts, confessing that you may accept the prayers of atonement, wash off the dirt of the spirit and, Christ, give grace so that the accusations may be warded off. Behold, the nefarious spirit is frozen, on which bad guilt gnaws; he longs to get rid of the dark and to seek you, Savior. You drive away the darkness deep inside completely so that he will be happy to be transported into the blessed light. To you, Christ, kindest King, and to you, the Father, be glory with the help of the Holy Spirit for all eternity. Amen.	The world envelops dark night, And covers the earth's splendor of colors, In repentance we seek, you judge, who guides the heart. Free us from all faults , And wipe out the stains from our souls , And you bestow Christ in grace, That all guilt is far from us! The sinful soul almost stiffens, tortured by the burden of debt, it struggles to wipe out the night, and seeks, oh redeemer, you. O see to it that the darkness flees, That moves our interior, So that we too can enjoy your light, glorious glow.

history

The text is attributed to both Pope Gregory the Great and Ambrose , but is probably of unknown origin. It is traditionally sung in the Liturgy of the Hours for Matins or the reading lessons on Thursday . The hymn is also found in the Sarum custom .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav Adolf Königsfeld: Latin hymns and chants from the Middle Ages, German, while maintaining the meter: with the original Latin texts printed . Eduard Weber, Bonn 1847, p. 12–15 ( digitized version ).

[1] Gustav Adolf Königsfeld: Latin hymns and chants from the Middle Ages, German, while maintaining the meter: with the original Latin texts printed . Eduard Weber, Bonn 1847, p. 12–15 ( digitized version ).