# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Matins
# `votive=C3` live query, 2026-08 -- "Ætérna Christi múnera," the
# classic Common-of-Several-Martyrs Matins hymn. Same votive-office-view
# reasoning as this session's earlier Lauds/Vespers entries (this
# Common's real saints are scattered with no cheap guarantee of an
# un-outranked day).
id: matins-hymn-common-of-several-martyrs
text:
  la: >-
    Ætérna Christi múnera,

    Et Mártyrum victórias,

    Laudes canéntes débitas,

    Lætis canámus méntibus.


    Terróre victo sǽculi,

    Pœnísque spretis córporis,

    Mortis sacræ compéndio

    Vitam beátam póssident.


    Tradúntur igni Mártyres,

    Et bestiárum déntibus;

    Armáta sævit úngulis

    Tortóris insáni manus.


    Nudáta pendent víscera,

    Sanguis sacrátus fúnditur;

    Sed pérmanent immóbiles,

    Vitæ perénnis grátia.


    Te nunc, Redémptor, quǽsumus,

    Ut mártyrum consórtio

    Jungas precántes sérvulos

    In sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
  en: >-
    The martyrs' triumphs let us sing,

    Their blood poured forth for Christ the King,

    And while due hymns of praise we pay,

    Our thankful hearts cast grief away.


    The world its terrors urged in vain;

    They recked not of the body's pain;

    One step, and holy death made sure

    The life that ever shall endure.


    To flames the martyr saints are hailed;

    By teeth of savage beasts assailed;

    Against them, armed with ruthless brand

    And hooks of steel, their torturers stand.


    The mangled frame is tortured sore,

    The holy life-drops freshly pour;

    They stand unmoved amidst the strife,

    By grace of everlasting life.


    Redeemer, hear us of thy love,

    That, with the martyr host above,

    Hereafter, of thine endless grace,

    Thy servants also may have place. Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
