# Sourced from Divinum Officium's Monastic block ("[HymnusM Quad
# Vespera]", Psalterium/Special/Major Special.txt): two substitutions
# against the base "[Hymnus Quad Vespera]" text — a word-order swap in
# stanza 3 ("Ad nóminis laudem tui" -> "Ad laudem tui nóminis") and a full
# replacement of stanza 4 — applied by hand here. Not live-query-verified
# (see TODO.md). English has no separate Monastic variant in the source.
id: vespers-hymn-lent
text:
  la: |
    Audi, benígne Cónditor,
    Nostras preces cum flétibus,
    In hoc sacro jejúnio
    Fusas quadragenário.

    Scrutátor alme córdium,
    Infírma tu scis vírium:
    Ad te revérsis éxhibe
    Remissiónis grátiam.

    Multum quidem peccávimus,
    Sed parce confiténtibus:
    Ad laudem tui nóminis
    Confer medélam lánguidis.

    Sic corpus extra cónteri
    Dona per abstinéntiam,
    Jejúnet ut mens sóbria
    A labe prorsus críminum.

    Præsta, beáta Trínitas,
    Concéde, simplex Únitas;
    Ut fructuósa sint tuis
    Jejuniórum múnera.
    Amen.
  en: |
    O kind Creator, bow thine ear
    To mark the cry, to know the tear
    Before thy throne of mercy spent
    In this thy holy fast of Lent.

    Our hearts are open, Lord, to thee:
    Thou knowest our infirmity;
    Pour out on all who seek thy face
    Abundance of thy pardoning grace.

    Our sins are many, this we know;
    Spare us, good Lord, thy mercy show;
    And for the honour of thy name
    Our fainting souls to life reclaim.

    Give us the self-control that springs
    From discipline of outward things,
    That fasting inward secretly
    The soul may purely dwell with thee.

    We pray thee, Holy Trinity,
    One God, unchanging Unity,
    That we from this our abstinence
    May reap the fruits of penitence.
    Amen.
status:
  la: draft
  en: draft