Telluris Ingens Conditor / Telluris Alme Conditor

At Whose Command Raised From the Sea the Solid Land

Telluris Ingens Conditor 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 Tellúris Alme Cónditor. Both versions are shown below. It is sung at Tuesday Vespers in the Roman Breviary.

TELLURIS INGENS CONDITOR by St. Gregory the Great
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1. Tellúris ingens cónditor,
mundi solum qui eruens,
pulsis aquæ moléstiis,
terram dedísti immóbilem,

2. Ut germen aptum próferens,
fulvis decóra flóribus,
fecúnda fructu sísteret
pastúmque gratum rédderet:

3. Mentis perústæ vúlnera
munda viróre grátiæ,
ut facta fletu díluat
motúsque pravos átterat,

4. Iussis tuis obtémperet,
nullis malis appróximet,
bonis repléri gáudeat
et mortis actum néscciat.

5. Præsta, Pater piísime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.


TELLURIS ALME CONDITOR (1632 Revision)

1. Tellúris alme cónditor,
mundi solum qui separans,
pulsis aquæ moléstiis,
terram dedísti immóbilem,

2. Ut germen aptum próferens,
fulvis decóra flóribus,
fecúnda fructu sísteret
pastúmque gratum rédderet:

3. Mentis perústæ vúlnera
munda viróre grátiæ,
ut facta fletu díluat
motúsque pravos átterat,

4. Iussis tuis obtémperet,
nullis malis appróximet,
bonis repléri gáudeat
et mortis ictu néscciat.

5. Præsta, Pater piísime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.