July 17, 2014

Tu Trinitatis Unitas

Painting by Max Furst - Courtesy of Wikipedia

Tu, Trinitatis Unitas is attributed to St. Gregory the Great (540-604).  In 1632, in accordance with revisions made to the hymns of the Divine Office by Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644), it was altered and changed to Tu, Trinitatis Unitas (1632). Both versions are shown below. It is sung at Friday Matins in the Roman Breviary.

TU TRINITATIS UNITAS by St. Gregory the Great
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1. Tu, Trinitatis Unitas,
orbem potenter qui regis,
attende laudum cantica
e excubantes psallimus. 

2. Nam lectulo consurgimus
noctis quieto tempore,
ut flagitemus vulnerum
a te medelam omnium.

3. Quo, fraude quicquid daemonum
in noctibus deliquimus
abstergat illud caelitus
tuae potestas gloriae.

4. Te corde fido quaesumus,
reple tuo nos lumine,
per quod dierum circulis
nullis ruamus actibus.

5. Praesta, Pater piisime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.


TU TRINITATIS UNITAS (1632 Revision)

1. Tu, Trinitatis Unitas,
orbem potenter quae regis,
attende laudis canticum
quod excubantes psallimus.

2. Nam lectulo consurgimus
noctis quieto tempore,
ut flagitemus omnium
a te medelam vulnerum.

3. Quo, fraude quidquid daemonum
in noctibus deliquimus
abstergat illud caelitus
tuae potestas gloriae.

4. Ob hoc, Redemptor, quaesumus,
reple tuo nos lumine,
per quod dierum circulis
nullis ruamus actibus.

5. Praesta, Pater piisime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.

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