Salva Nos, Domine

nagymusic

Does anyone know if there’s an English translation of the chant “Salva Nos, Domine” (Protect Us, Lord) antiphon available—preferably notated in modern notation?

https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=6749

Ideally, I’m looking for a version that has the Latin and English texts side by side. Any leads would be much appreciated!

RomanticStrings

This book, Fr. Weber's The Office of Compline, has a square-note setting in English next to the Latin. It's the one I sing with my kids, when we say Night Prayer.

tomjaw

An English translation can be found here, https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/it2gt3a44ou2gdfaiq2mn/pg22-23.png?rlkey=i12rml8smnn39gbf2sfz1aoqy&st=1cr8mx9j&dl=0

Gamba

See p. 7 here, for modern notes and English. https://hopelutheran.org/church/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/LSB-Compline.pdf

MatthewRoth

Urgh mixing stemless and stems like that is awkward, the translation is off (basically the clauses are switched around), and then starting the repetition on a quarter note is awkward.

monasteryliturgist

i have one thats pretty faithful to the original, but it will have to wait until tomorrow.

monasteryliturgist

The only thing about it, is that it is hand written in but it works for us. Hopefully its helpful. God Bless

igneus

Take the gregorian melody and compose a translation so that it mostly fits under the notes - that's a practice very common in early vernacular plainchant.

MonasticChantress

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(c4)Pro(g)tect(hj) us,(j) (::) Lord(jk) as(j) we,(i) stay(hi) a(h)wake,(g) (;) watch(g) o(i)ver(j) us(k) as(jh) we(j) sleep:(i) (:) that(i) a(i)wake(g) we(i) may(k) keep(j) watch(h) with (j) Christ(ij) (;) and(h) a(h)sleep(gf) rest(gh) in(g) His(gf) peace(e) (::)

Hopefully this is not copyrighted! Not your ideal; I just modified the gregobase file.

AgnusDei1989

A couple of possible tweaks:
2nd phrase, why not "watch over us as we slumber", which would match the Latin syllables and keep the two single notes from being turned into a neum? The 2-note neum on "we" in the first phrase would still work, too:
Lord(jk) as(j) we (ji) stay(hi) a(h)wake,(g)
"Ut vigilemus cum Christo" could be "that waking, we keep watch with Christ" - again, matching the syllables.

monasteryliturgist

@AgnusDei1989 because translations must be in accord with what is approved my each countries Episcopal Conference.

AgnusDei1989

Oh ... makes sense! Silly me not to think of that... my insular trad-brain that grew up on Latin Compline forgets that there have to be official translations out there. Thank you for sharing this one!

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