Translation of the song Aurora Lucis Rutilat artist Christian Hymns & Songs

Aurora lucis rutilat

The morn had spread her crimson rays,

cælum resultat laudibus

when rang the skies with shouts of praise;

mundus exsultans iubilat,

earth joined the joyful hymn to swell,

gemens infernus ululat

that brought despair to vanquished hell.

Cum ille rex fortissimus

He comes victorious from the grave

mortis confractis viribus

the Lord omnipotent to save,

pede conculcans tartara

and bright with him to light of day

solvit catena miseros.

the Saints who long imprisoned lay.

Ille, quem clausum lapide

Vain is the cavern's threefold ward

miles custodit acriter

the stone, the seal, the armed guard;

triumphans pompa nobili

o death, no more thine arm we fear

victor surgit de funere.

the Victor's tomb is now thy bier.

Inferni iam gemitibus

Enough of death, enough of tears,

solutis et doloribus,

enough of sorrow and of fears,

quia surrexit Dominus

o hear yon white-robed angel cry,

resplendens clamat angelus.

death's Conqueror lives, no more to die.

Esto perenne mentibus paschale

Grant, Lord, in thee each faithful mind

Iesu, gaudium

unceasing Paschal joy may find;

et nos renatos gratiae

and from the death of sin set free

tuis triumphis aggrega.

souls newly born to life by thee.

Iesu, sit tibi gloria,

To thee, once dead, who now dost live,

qui morte victa prænites,

all glory, Lord, thy people give

cum Patre et almo Spiritu,

whom, with the Father we adore,

in sempiterna sæcula.

and Holy Ghost for evermore.

Amen.

Amen.