# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds
# live query, 2026-02-10, clean year. "Jam noctis umbræ cóncidunt" -- no
# English rendering exists in the reference engine's data, translated
# here, status: draft.
id: lauds-hymn-st-scholastica
text:
  la: |
    Jam noctis umbræ cóncidunt, Dies cupíta náscitur, Qua vírgini Scholásticæ Sponsus perénnis júngitur.

    Brumæ recédit tǽdium, Fugántur imbres núbibus, Vernántque campi síderum Æternitátis flóribus.

    Amóris auctor évocat, Dilécta pennas índuit; Ardens ad oris óscula Colúmba velox évolat.

    Quam pulchra gressum prómoves, O chara proles Príncipis! Nursínus Abbas áspicit, Grates repéndit Númini.

    Ampléxa Sponsi déxteram, Metit corónas débitas, Immérsa rivis glóriæ, Deíque pota gáudiis.

    Te, Christe, flos convállium, Patrémque cum Paráclito, Cunctos per orbis cárdines Adóret omne sǽculum. Amen.
  en: |
    Now the shadows of night fall away, and the longed-for day is born, on which the everlasting Bridegroom is joined to the virgin Scholastica.

    The gloom of winter withdraws, the rain-clouds are put to flight, and the fields bloom with the stars' eternal flowers.

    The author of love calls her forth; the beloved one puts on wings; ardent for the kisses of his mouth, the swift dove flies away.

    How beautiful is thy going forth, O dear daughter of the Prince! The Abbot of Nursia beholds it, and renders thanks to the Godhead.

    Embracing the right hand of the Bridegroom, she reaps the crowns that are her due, immersed in streams of glory, and drinking deep of the joys of God.

    Thee, O Christ, flower of the valleys, and the Father with the Paraclete, may every age adore, through all the corners of the world. Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: draft
