Media vita in morte sumus: in the midst of life, we are in death.

 

Media vita in morte sumus

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Media vita in morte sumus (English translation)

• Artist: Templar Chants
• Song: Media vita in morte sumus
• Translations: English, Russian

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Latin

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Media vita in morte sumus

Media vita in morte sumus

quem quaerimus adjutorem

nisi te Domine

qui pro peccatis nostris

juste irasceris.

 

Sancte Deus

sancte fortis

sancte et misericors Salvator

amarae morti ne tradas nos.

 

Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine

secundum verbum tuum in pace

quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum

quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum,

lumen ad revelationem gentium

et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.

 

Gloria Patri

et Filio

et Spiritui Sancto

sicut erat in principio

et nunc et semper

et in saecula saeculorum .

Amen.

 

Media vita in morte sumus

quem quaerimus adjutorem

nisi te Domine

qui pro peccatis nostris

juste irasceris.

 

Ne projicias nos in tempore senectutis

cum defecerit virtus nostra

ne derelinquas nos Domine.

 

Sancte Deus

noli claudere aures tuas ad preces nostras, Domine

Sancte fortis

Qui cognoscis occulta cordis

parce peccatis nostris, Domine

sancte et misericors Salvator

amarae morti ne tradas nos.

 

n the middle of live we are in death:

whom will we call as a helper

if not you, Lord,

who for our sins

justly have got angry?

 

Holy God,

holy and strong,

holy and merciful Saviour,

don’t bring a bitter death to us.

 

Oh Lord, now let your servant

go in peace according to your word

because my eyes have seen your salvation,

that you have prepared before the face of all people

as a light to enlighten the nations

and a glory for your people Israel.

 

Glory to the Father

and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit

as it was in the beginning,

and is now, and forever shall be,

and for all the ages.

Amen.

 

In the middle of live we are in death:

whom will we call as a helper

if not you, Lord,

who for our sins

justly have got angry?

 

Don’t reject us in the old age,

when our virtue will fail

and don’t abandon us, oh Lord.

 

Holy God,

please don’t close your ears to our prayers, Lord.

Holy and strong,

you who know the secrets of the heart,

have mercy on our sins, Lord,

holy and merciful Saviour,

don’t bring a bitter death to us.

English translation

In The Middle Of Live We Are In Death

quem quaerimus adjutorem
nisi te, Domine,
qui pro peccatis nostris
juste irasceris?

Sancte Deus,
sancte fortis,
sancte et misericors Salvator:

amarae morti ne tradas nos.

In the midst of life we are in death

of whom may we seek for succour,
but of thee, O Lord,
who for our sins
art justly displeased?

O holy God,
O holy and strong,
O holy and merciful Saviour,
deliver us not to bitter death.

The most accepted source is a New Year's Eve religious service in the 1300s.^[1] Reference has been made to a source originating in a battle song of the year 912 by Notker the Stammerer, a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall: however, the Synod of Cologne declared in 1316 no one should sing this without prior permission of the residing bishop.

Used by the Dominicans.