Rorate caeli
General information
Rorate caeli (sometimes spelled cæli, celi, coeli or cœli) is drawn from Isaiah 45:8. It has two common uses: as the Introit for the 4th Sunday of Advent (with the verse cœli enarrant from Psalm 18 and doxology Gloria Patri, both of which which may or may not be set to polyphony) and as the refrain of the Advent prose, sung throughout Advent.
See also Rorate caeli (Traditional), a metrical paraphrase of the choral O Heiland reiss den Himmel auf.
Settings by composers
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Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Anonymous — Rorate caeli et nubes (D-Ju MS 33)
- Gregorian chant — Rorate coeli 2
- Heinrich Isaac — Rorate caeli (Advent IV)
Text and translations
Latin text
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English translation
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German translation Translation by Peter Rottländer |
French translation Que les cieux répandent d'en haut Et que les nuées laissent couler la justice! Cieli, stillate dall’alto, e faccian le nuvole piover la giustizia! Rociad, cielos, de arriba, y las nubes destilen la justicia; Rosu dejte nebesa s hůry, a nejvyšší oblakové dštěte spravedlnost; Lad regne, I Himle deroppe, nedsend Retfærd, Drupt, gij hemelen! van boven af, en dat de wolken vloeien van gerechtigheid; |
German translation Träufelt, ihr Himmel, von oben, und ihr Wolken, regnet Gerechtigkeit! Tiukkukaa, te taivaat, ylhäältä, vuotakoot pilvet vanhurskautta. Drypp, I himler, fra oven, og fra skyene strømme rettferdighet ned! Spuście niebiosa rosę z góry, a obłoki niech kropią sprawiedliwość; Destilai, ó céus, dessas alturas, e as nuvens chovam justiça; Кропите, небеса, свыше, и облака да проливают правду; Drypen, I himlar därovan, och må skyarna låta rättfärdighet strömma ned. |
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