Te recens mundo reseráta tellus
germen effúdit Dómino venústum,
quod virens fructus redolénsque cælis
ferret amœnos.
Tu Rosæ civis, párili coróna
móribus parta níveis corúscas,
ǽmulus factus sociúsque honóre
primitiárum.
In Redemptórem pietáte fervens,
ímpetu Matrem vénerans amóris,
Spíritus Sancti domus esse munda
promeruísti.
Terra te plausu mérito celébrat
Prædicatórum decus atque lumen,
norma tu lucens, pius et patrónus
ómnibus esto.
Laus sit excélsæ Tríadi perénnis,
quæ tibi præbens súperos honóres,
det tuis nobis précibus beáta
gáudia cæli. Amen.
O Martin, in the halls of light
You shine, a jewel, sparkling bright;
Come now to help us from above
And bring us tokens of your love.
A pattern of God's love divine,
You have been made midst men to shine;
May every nation in you see
The image of Christ's charity.
By God's life-giving Spirit led
You cured the sick, the needy fed;
Your kind heart warmed the orphans small;
They called you Father of them all.
With flame of charity inspired
Obtain that we be strongly fired;
By which more freely God above
And neighbour, too, we hold in love.
May charity, which knows no bound,
In everyone be always found;
And Christ's same peace on all men shine,
Redeemed by his same blood divine.
All praise to Father and to Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
May they, at your request, bestow
On us their favours here below.
Amen.
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