# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
# live query, 2026-02-10, the same clean date already used for
# lauds-capitulum-st-scholastica.yml. "Te beáta sponsa Christi" -- no
# English rendering exists in the reference engine's data (same gap as her
# Lauds/Terce/Sext/None content), translated here -- status: draft.
# Stanza 3 alludes to the legend of her final visit with St. Benedict
# ("the father of Nursia"): her tears brought on a storm that kept him
# with her through the night, in which he spoke of the joys of heaven.
id: vespers-hymn-st-scholastica
text:
  la: |
    Te beáta sponsa Christi,
    Te, colúmba vírginum,
    Síderum tollunt colóni
    Láudibus, Scholástica:
    Nostra te lætis salútant
    Vócibus præcórdia.

    Sceptra mundi cum corónis
    Docta quondam spérnere,
    Dogma fratris insecúta
    Atque sanctæ Régulæ,
    Ex odóre gratiárum,
    Astra nosti quǽrere.

    O potens virtus amóris!
    O decus vitóriæ!
    Dum fluéntis lacrymárum
    Cogis imbres cúrrere,
    Ore Nursíni paréntis
    Verba cœli súscipis.

    Luce fulges expetíta
    In polórum vértice,
    Clara flammis caritátis
    Cum nitóre grátiæ:
    Juncta Sponso conquiéscis
    In decóre glóriæ.

    Nunc benígna pelle nubes
    Córdibus fidélium,
    Ut seréna fronte splendens
    Sol perénnis lúminis,
    Sempitérne claritátis
    Ímpleat nos gáudiis.

    Glóriam Patri canámus
    Unícoque Fílio;
    Par tribútum proferámus
    Inclyto Paráclito,
    Nútibus cujus creántur,
    Et regúntur sǽcula.
    Amen.
  en: |
    Thee, blessed spouse of Christ, thee, dove of virgins, the dwellers of
    heaven extol with praises, O Scholastica: our hearts greet thee with
    joyful voices.

    Having once learned to spurn the sceptres of the world together with
    its crowns, and having followed the teaching of thy brother and of
    the holy Rule, thou didst learn, through the fragrance of graces, to
    seek the stars.

    O mighty power of love! O glory of that victory! When thou didst
    force floods of tears to pour down like rain, thou didst receive from
    the lips of the father of Nursia words of heaven.

    Thou shinest with the longed-for light at the summit of the heavens,
    radiant with the flames of charity and the brightness of grace:
    joined to thy Spouse, thou dost rest in the beauty of glory.

    Now, in thy kindness, drive the clouds from the hearts of the
    faithful, that the everlasting sun of light, shining with a serene
    face, may fill us with the joys of unending brightness.

    Let us sing glory to the Father and to the only Son; let us offer
    equal tribute to the glorious Paraclete, by whose will the ages are
    created and governed. Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: draft