Translation of the song Vesperae Solennes de Confessore-Dixit Dominus artist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore-Dixit Dominus
Solemn Vespers for the Feast of a Confessor
Dixit Dominus Domino meo
The Lord said to my Lord;
Sede, sede a dextris meis
Sit at my right hand,
Donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum
Until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet.
Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion
The rod of your power, the Lord will send forth from Zion: rule
Dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum
In the midst of your enemies.
Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae
Sovereignty is with you on the day of your strength,
In splendoribus sanctorum ex utero
In the spendor of the Holy Ones:
Ante luciferum genuite
Out of the womb before the light
Juravit Dominus
The Lord has sworn,
Et non poenitebit eum
And will not repent of it:
Tu es sacerdos in aeternum
You are priest forever
Secundum ordinem Melchisedech
According to the order of Melchisedech.
Dominus a dextris tuis, a dextris tuis
The Lord at your right hand
Confregit in die irae suae reges
Crushes kings in the day of His wrath.
In die irae suae reges
In the day of His wrath.
Judicabit in nationibus
He will pass judgment on the nations;
Implebit ruinas
He will pile up calamities,
Conquassabit capita in terra multorum
And shatter heads in many lands.
In terra multorum
In many lands.
De torrente in via bibet,
He will drink from the rushing stream on the way;
In via bibet
On they way
Propterea exaltabit caput.
Therefore He shall lift up His head.