Veni Domine et noli tardare

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Juan Esquivel AATTB (v.1 only) Francisco Guerrero SSATB (variant 1) Felix Mendelssohn SSA

Cristóbal de Morales SSAATB Andrea Rota SATTB

Original text and translations

Latin text Veni Domine, et noli tardare. 1  Veni visitare nos in pace, ut laetemur coram te corde perfecto. Veni Domine, et noli tardare: 2  Sicut mater consolatur filios, consolaberis nos. Veni Domine, et noli tardare: 3  Et videbimus te, et gaudebit cor nostrum. Veni Domine, et noli tardare: 4  Veni ad liberandum nos, Domine Deus virtutum. Veni Domine, et noli tardare, 5  et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus. Veni Domine, et noli tardare, 6  Veni et relaxa facinora plebi tuae Israel. Veni Domine, et noli tardare. Variant 1 Veni Domine, et noli tardare. 4 alt.  Veni ad salvandum nos, Domine Deus noster. 5  et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus. 2  Sicut mater consolatur filios, consolaberis nos. Veni Domine, et noli tardare. 1 alt.  Et gaudebit cor nostrum corde perfecta. Variant 2 Veni Domine, et noli tardare. Veni Domine, et noli tardare.

English translation Come, Lord, and do not delay. 1  Come visit us in peace, that we may rejoice before you with a perfect heart. Come, Lord, and do not delay: 2  As a mother consoles her children, so shall you console us. Come, Lord, and do not delay: 3  And let us see you and rejoice in our hearts. Come, Lord, and do not delay: 4  Come, and free us, Lord, God of mighty virtue. Come, Lord, and do not delay: 5  And show Thy face and make us safe. Come, Lord, and do not delay: 6  Come and free Thy people Israel from their misdeeds. Come, Lord, and do not delay. Variant 1 Come, Lord, and do not delay. 4 alt.  Come and save us, O Lord our God. 5  And show Thy face and make us safe. 2  As a mother consoles her children, so shall you console us. Come, Lord, and do not delay. 1 alt.  And our heart shall rejoice in Thy perfect heart. Variant 2 Come, Lord, and do not delay. Come, Lord, and do not delay.