O quam gloriosum

All Saints, Second Vespers, Antiphon to the Magnificat; cf. Apocalypse 7:9

Musical settings at CPDL

• Tomás Luis de Victoria

Original text

Latin text O quam gloriosum est regnum,
in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti!
Amicti stolis albis,
sequuntur Agnum, quocumque ierit.

Translations

English translation O how glorious is the kingdom
in which all the saints rejoice with Christ,
clad in robes of white
they follow the Lamb wherever he goes.