Te Jóseph Célebrent

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Sat, 2011/03/05 - 3:59pm
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ID: 
1755
Can be Found in
Book: 
Liber Usualis 1961 ed.
Page: 
1445
Composition Date: 
1600's
Composer: 
Escollar, Juan Fr. (d 1700)
Arrangers / Editors: 
Monks of St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
Vespers Hymn
Proper Liturgical Time: 
April
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Any
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
1 min 45 sec
Composition Type: 
Hymn
Texture: 
Monophonic
Voices: 
Unison
Language: 
Latin
Difficulty: 
Easy
Musical Style: 
Gregorian
Gregorian Tone: 
1.
Lyrics: 

TE, Joseph, celebrent agmina caelitum, te cuncti resonent Christiadum chori, qui, clarus meritis, iunctus es inclitae, casto foedere Virgini.    

Almo cum tumidam germine coniugem admirans dubio tangeris anxius, afflatu superi Flaminis, Angelus conceptum puerum docet.    

Tu natum Dominum stringis, ad exteras Aegypti profugum tu sequeris plagas; amissum Solymis quaeris et invenis, miscens gaudia fletibus.    

Electos reliquos mors pia consecrat palmamque emeritos gloria suscipit; tu vivens, Superis par, frueris Deo, mira sorte beatior.

Nobis, summa Trias, parce precantibus; da Ioseph meritis sidera scandere, ut tandem liceat nos tibi perpetim gratum promere canticum. Amen.    

Translated Lyrics: 

JOSEPH! to thee by hosts on high and choirs of Christians, laud be paid! saintly of life, -by purest tie joined unto her, the glorious Maid.

When thou didst doubt thy wife's repute, and mark her great with motherhood, the angel taught thee that her fruit came from the Holy Ghost of God.

To clasp the Son, the Lord, was thine, to share His flight to Egypt's shore, with tears, to seek in Salem's shrine Him lost, -with joy, to find once more.

Death brings to other Saints their rest; through toil they win the victor's place; thou happier, like the Angels blest, alive, hast seen God face to face.

Spare us, O Trinity most High! grant that, with Joseph, we may gain Thy starry realm, and ceaselessly there raise to Thee our thankful strain. Amen.