Roman Mass Propers: Offertory "Illúmina óculos méos"

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Tue, 2011/07/05 - 4:37pm
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ID: 
2102
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Roman Mass Propers: Temporal Cycle: 4th Sunday After Pentecost
Original Source
Official Liturgical Book: 
Graduale Romanum
Proprium de Tempore
Composition Date: 
Unknown
Composer: 
Unknown
Arrangers / Editors: 
Institute of Christ the King
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
Holy Mass
Propers
Offertorium
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Sunday
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
1 min
Composition Type: 
Antiphonum ad Offertorium
Texture: 
Monophonic
Voices: 
Unison
Language: 
Latin
Difficulty: 
Easy
Musical Style: 
Gregorian
Gregorian Tone: 
4.
Lyrics: 

Illumina oculos meos, ne unquam obdormiam in morte: nequando dicat inimicus meus: Praevalui adversus eum.

Translated Lyrics: 

Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death; lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him.