Lauds for the Feast of Saint Brigid

Below is the text and translation of another hymn taken from the recording of a 15th-century Sarum Rite Office for the Feast of Saint Brigid by the Scottish ensemble, Canty.

Hymn: Christo canamus gloriam

Christo canamus gloriam,

qui per beatam Brigidam

decoravit Hyberniam,

vitam dans eius lucidam.

Hec speculum mundicie

quae mundo late claruit;

hec rosa temperancie

cuius virtus non languit.

Manco manum restituit;

leprosos mundans maculis;

gressum claudis exhibuit;

sanans privatos oculis.

Cenam fecit mirabilem

multis de uno modio;

totum prebens durabilem

toto paschali gaudio.

Per secla sine terminis

soli Deo sit gloria;

qui prece tante virginis

nos ducat ad celestia.

Amen.

Christ's glory let us sing

Who through the blessed Brigid

Adorned Ireland,

Granting it her light-giving life.

She is the mirror of purity

That lit up the wide world,

She is the rose of temperance

Whose strength never failed.

She restored the hand that was withered

Cleansed lepers from their ills,

She showed the lame how to walk,

Healed those who had lost their sight.

She made a marvellous banquet

For many from a single peck of corn,

Granting all the peck to last

For the whole joy of Eastertide.

Throughout the endless ages

To God alone be glory.

That through the prayers of such a virgin

He may lead us up to heaven.

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