Parce Domine

From Saint Peter’s Square, 27 March 2020.

Parce, Domine,
Parce populo tuo:
Ne in æternum
irascaris nobis.

Spare, O Lord,
Spare Your people,
Do not be angry with us forever.

1. Flectamus iram vindicem,
Ploremus ante Judicem;
Clamemus ore supplici,
Dicamus omnes cernui:
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1. Let us turn back the angry avenger,
Let us lament before the Judge;
Let us cry aloud as suppliants,
Falling prostrate, let us all say:
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2. Nostris malis offendimus
Tuam Deus clementiam
Effunde nobis desuper
Remissor indulgentiam.
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2. By our evils we have offended
Your clemency, O God.
Pour out upon us from above
Your indulgence, unto remission.
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3. Dans tempus acceptabile,
Da lacrimarum rivulis
Lavare cordis victimam,
Quam læta adurat caritas.
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3. Giving us an acceptable time,
Grant that by rivers of tears,
The victim, our heart, may be cleansed
That our joy may enkindle our charity.
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4. Audi, benigne Conditor,
Nostras preces cum fletibus
In hoc sacro jejunio,
Fusas quadragenario.
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4. Hear, O good Seasoner,
Our prayers through weeping,
In this most sacred fast,
Made firm by these forty days.
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