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Thread #138560 Message #3171508
Posted By: maeve
16-Jun-11 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: middle English word - Dou
Subject: RE: middle English word - Dou
I found this, leeneia:
http://saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org/programs/567/translations.html
"Anonymous (England, 14th c.): Dou way Robyn/Sancta Mater
Sancta mater gratiae, stella claritatis
visita nos hodie plena pietatis.
Veni, vena veniae mox incarceratis,
solamen angustiae, fons suavitatis.
Recordare, mater Christi, quam amare tu flevisti;
juxta crucem tu stetisti, suspirando viso tristi
O, Maria, flos regalis, inter omnes nulla talis;
Tuo nato specialis nostrae carnis parce malis
O, quam corde supplici locuta fuisti,
Gabrielis nunci i cum verba cepisti.
'En ancilla Domini', propere dixisti;
vernum vivi gaudii post hoc perperisti.
Gaude, digna, tam benigna caeli solio;
tuos natos, morbo stratos, redde filio.
Dou way, Robyn, the child wile weepe; dou way Robyn.
Transl.
Holy mother of grace, star of brightness,
visit us today, full of compassion.
Come soon, channel of pardon, to those in prison,
as a solace of misery, a source of sweetness.
Remember, mother of Christ, how bitterly thou didst weep;
thou didst stand beside the cross sighing at the sad sight.
O Mary, royal flower, among all women nonesuch,
in thy son unequalled, forgive the sins of our flesh.
O, with how humble a heart thou didst speak
when thou didst receive the words of Gabriel the messenger.
'Behold the handmaid of the Lord', thou didst quickly say;
thereafter thou didst bear the springtime of living joy.
Rejoice, worthy lady, so gracious, in the throne of heaven;
restore thy children, brought low by vice, to the Son.
Stop it, Robin, the child will weep; stop it, Robin."