Text: Magnificat (Giovanni Gabrieli)

Original Text Translation
 
Magnificat anima mea Dominum
Et exsultavit spiritus meus
in Deo salutari meo.
Quia respexit humilitatem
ancillae suae;
Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent
Omnes generationes
Quia fecit mihi magna
qui potens est
Et sanctum nomen eius
Et misericordia a progenie in progenies
Timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo.
Dispersit superbos
Mente cordis sui.
Deposuit potentes
de sede
Et exaltavit humiles.
Esurientes implevit bonis
Et divites dimisit inanes.
Suscepit Israel puerum suum
Recordatus misericordiae suae,
Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros
Abraham et semini eius in saecula.
Gloria Patri, gloria Filio,
Gloria et Spiritui Sancto
Sicut erat in principio
Et nunc et semper
Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
My soul extols the Lord,
and my spirit has rejoiced
in God my Savior.
Because he looked on his servant
in her lowliness;
for behold from now on all generations
will call me fortunate.
Because he who is strong
has done great things for me,
and his name is holy.
And from one generation to another
his mercy is for those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm;
he has scattered the haughty
in their prideful thoughts.
He has cast down the mighty
from their thrones,
and raised up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.
Mindful of his mercy,
he has helped Israel his servant.
As he promised to our forefathers,
Abraham and his descendants forever.
Glory be to the Father and the Son
and the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning,
is now and will be always,
even for ages of ages. Amen.

 

Translation: Robert Coote

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