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Continuing my project of offering translations and versifications of four sequences appearing in the Sarum rite marking the four Sundays of the season of Advent, I present \u201cRegnantem sempiterna\u201d for the second Sunday. \u00a0My source for these Sarum sequences is Charles Buchanan Pearson, Sequences from the Sarum Missal, with English translations<\/em> (London: Bell and Daldy, 1871), though I have also consulted F[rederick] E[dward] Warren, The Sarum Missal in English<\/em> (London: A. Moring Ltd, 1911) which employs Pearson\u2019s versifications.<\/p>\n

The following first presents the Latin text with a slavishly literal translation by yours truly below each line. As should be immediately apparent, I was unable to offer a base translation for the first two lines of the sequence, mostly because I have been unable to find the terms \u201cconcio\u201d and \u201cconcrepa\u201d in the resources available to me. Since I am quite conscious of my limitations as a Latinist, if any would want to supplement and\/or correct my base translation I would be grateful.<\/p>\n

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Regnantem sempiterna per saecla susceptura<\/p>\n

Concio devota concrepa;<\/p>\n

Divino sono Factori reddendo debita.
\nReturning debts\/repaying vows to the Divine Maker.<\/em>
\nCui jubilant agmina caelica ejus vultu exhilarata,
\nTo whose face the heavenly legions rejoicing sing praise<\/em>,
\nQuem expectant omnia terrea ejus nutu examinanda:
\nWhom all earthly things await being examined at his nod<\/em>:
\nDistrictum ad judicia,
\nSevere in judgments,<\/em>
\nClementem in potentia.
\nMerciful in power<\/em>.
\nTua nos salva, Christe, clementia, propter quos passus es dira;
\nSave us, O Christ, by your mercy, on account of the fearful things you underwent;<\/em>
\nAd poli astra subleva nitida, Qui sorde tergis saecula.
\nLift them up to the gleaming stars, O You who wipe the ages of their filth.<\/em>
\nInfluat salus vera effugans pericula:
\nMay true health\/salvation shower down, driving away dangers<\/em>:
\nOmnia ut sint munda tribue pacifica:
\nGrant that all cleansed things be at peace<\/em>:
\nUt hic Tua salvi misericordia
\nSo that you might save them with Your mercy of heart<\/em>.
\nLaeti regna post adeamus supera:
\nAfterwards let us go rejoicing to the realms above<\/em>
\nQuo regnas saecula per infinita. Amen.
\nIn which you reign through infinite ages. Amen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pearson\u2019s versification of the sequence text follows:<\/p>\n

Let the choir devoutly bring
\nWelcome to th\u2019eternal King,
\nAnd with one consent renew
\nThe Creator\u2019s homage due.<\/p>\n

Him angelic legions praise,
\nOn His face enraptured gaze.
\nOn him wait all earthly things
\nTill His nod their trial brings.<\/p>\n

Awful He in judgments deep
\nYet in might doth mercy keep;
\nBy Thine agony of woe
\nPity, Lord, and save us now.<\/p>\n

To the gleaming stars on high
\nRaise the world in purity:
\nLet Thy saving health appear
\nScattering perils far and near.<\/p>\n

Bid the universe be clean,
\nLet us live in peace serene,
\nTill unto those realms we soar
\nWhere Thou reignest evermore.<\/p>\n

Where the Sarum sequence for the First Sunday of Advent seemed to me to function as a general introduction to the two foci of the Advent season, \u201cRegnantem sempiterna\u201d seems closer to a hymn of the day, inspired by the scriptures proclaimed at this eucharist in the Sarum Rite: Romans 15:4-13 (the same as the present Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite) and Luke 21:25-33 (which had appeared as the gospel for the First Sunday of Advent in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite). For example, stanza one emphasizes the unity of those worshiping the Creator God; in a passage from the epistle, Paul prays that the Church may \u201cwith one mind and with one mouth glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\u201d (ut unamines, uno ore honorificetis Deum and Patrem Domini nostri Jesu Christi<\/em>). The central stanzas of the sequence highlight the divine judgment at the end of time which is also the theme of the Gospel reading. Both the central stanzas of the sequence and the gospel note that when the \u201cSon of Man comes in a cloud with power and great glory\u201d his judgment may be terror-inducing for many, but a source of confidence for those assured of God\u2019s mercy. Finally, there may be an echo of the request in the final stanzas of the sequence for believers to live in peace from the concluding passage of the epistle \u201cMay the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Spirit\u201d (Deus autem spei repleat vos omni gaudio, et pace in credendo: ut abundetis in spe, et virtute Spiritus Sancti<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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