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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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<poem>
Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus  
Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus  
Septiformini Paracliti gratia:  
Septiformini Paracliti gratia:  
Ut per eam a delictorum tenebris liberati,  
Ut per eam a delictorum tenebris liberati,  
Vitae gloria perfruamur.
Vitae gloria perfruamur.}}
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Enlighten us, O God of mercies,
Enlighten us, O God of mercies,
with the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit:
with the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit:
That through him, liberated from the darkness of sin,
That through him, liberated from the darkness of sin,
We may enjoy the glory of life.
We may enjoy the glory of life.}}
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Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2013-11-16).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 140 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Reconstructed Sextus and Bassus parts copyright ©2005 Joop Voorn

General Information

Title: Illumina nos
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: SSATTBB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, 1603

Description: Part of the Sacræ Cantiones Liber Secundus, whose sextus and basses part books were lost and are reconstructed/completed in modern editions, of which one of the most notable is Stravinsky's Tres sacrae cantiones (including Illumina nos).

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Illumina nos, misericordiarum Deus
Septiformini Paracliti gratia:
Ut per eam a delictorum tenebris liberati,
Vitae gloria perfruamur.

English.png English translation

Enlighten us, O God of mercies,
with the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit:
That through him, liberated from the darkness of sin,
We may enjoy the glory of life.