My current evening player

[wiseheart]

... is the Salve Regina antiphon. Liturgically incorrect, but I find it very fitting. If religious content is not your thing, just ignore the stuff behind the cut.


Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

℣ Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix,
℟ Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.


We usually prayed it in the convent after Compline.


Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy,
Hail our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To you we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to you we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
your eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this, our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

L Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.


There are many different music versions of it, but I prefer the original Gregorian version of it (if it is indeed the original - I'm not really certain.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Pretty.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

:)

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recording, beautiful.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The things of beauty you can find on YouTube are countless.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

There's something so peaceful about the sound of many voices, singing in harmony, without any instruments. Regardless of who or what they're singing, it soothes my soul.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is very true.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Woot, I refreshed my Latin when reading the text!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

At least you have the advantage of having some Latin in the first place. *g*
I do know the meaning of the common prayers, but that's all about it.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That's lovely — thank you. I used to like Compline, too, when I used to go on retreat with some Anglicans, when I was much younger, and we said it each evening.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What I loved most in convent life was the fact that we gathered in the chapel four times a day to sung the hores. It was beautiful.