{"id":105378,"date":"2020-04-18T08:49:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T15:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=105378"},"modified":"2020-04-18T08:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T15:49:33","slug":"captivity-was-captive-led","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/captivity-was-captive-led\/","title":{"rendered":"Captivity was Captive Led"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A<\/span>s we approach the end of the Easter Octave<\/a>, I am once again struck by the poetic quality of the hymn translations of the Monastic Diurnal<\/a><\/em>. Specifically, I’m thinking about the Easter hymn, Aurora Lucis Rutilat<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first part of the translation is from a version done in 1852 by J. M. Neale<\/a>, but then in the fifth verse (below) it veers off into something I suspect was done by the editors of the breviary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L<\/span>ight\u2019s glittering morn bedecks the sky;
Heaven thunders forth its victor cry;
The glad earth shouts its triumph high,
And groaning hell makes wild reply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While He, the King of glorious might,
Treads down death’s strength in death’s despite,
And, trampling hell by victor’s right,
Brings forth His sleeping Saints to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast barred beneath the stone of late
In watch and ward where soldiers wait,
Now shining in triumphant state,
He rises victor from death’s gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hell’s pains are loosed and tears are fled,
Captivity is captive led;
The angel crowned with light hath said,
“The Lord is risen from the dead!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pray Thee, King with glory decked,
In this our Paschal joy, protect
From all that death would fain effect
Thy ransomed flock, Thine own elect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Thee Who, dead, again dost live,
All glory, Lord, Thy people give;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V.<\/font> In Thy resurrection, O Christ, alleluia.
R.<\/font> Let heaven and earth rejoice, alleluia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mosaic of the Resurrection, Rosary Basilica, Lourdes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Latin original seems to date from the 8th century, though in the 17th century Pope Urban VIII<\/a> changed the lyrics to reflect his preference for more classical Latin poetic forms. It was restored by Pope Saint Pius X in 1908<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the Latin for your enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n