While getting rid of some computer junk at home yesterday, I found a couple of antique floppy diskettes: they were from 1993. One of them contained the image of a document written in Rome, a collection of primitive hymns and antiphons, all in Latin of course.
It bears the title Gloria Lausque, which in English is rendered “Glory and Praise”. Just imagine what these hymns must have sounded like in the catacombs! (Each of the hymns is marked with a numeral for some reason.)
I. Abba! Pater!
Antiphona:
Abba, abba Pater,
tu es nos figulus
Argilla sumus
et opus tuum.
Versus:
Forma, forma et finge nos
in tui imaginem
filii Jesu, filii Jesu.
Versus ultimus:
Gloria, gloria lausque
tibi in saecula
saeculorum Amen
saeculorum Amen.
Abba!
I posted another work attributed to the same author on this site last year.
I’m imagining. Unfortunately I can’t get the tune out of my head, which always reminds me of the opening bars of Chariots of Fire.
I liked the version of “Here I Am Lord” better..