- Urbs Jerusalem beata,
Dicta pacis visio,
Quæ construitur in cœlis
Vivis ex lapidibus,
Et Angelis coronata,
Ut sponsata comite.
- Nova veniens e cœlo,
Nuptiali thalamo,
Præparata, ut sponsata
Copuletur Domino:
Plateæ et muri ejus,
Ex auro purissimo.
- Portæ nitent margaritis
Adytis patentibus;
Et virtute meritorum
Illuc introducitur
Omnis qui ob Christi nomen
Hic in mundo premitur.
- Tunsionibus, pressuris
Expoliti lapides,
Suis coaptantur locis
Per manus artificis,
Disponuntur permansuri
Sacris ædificiis.
| - Blessed City, heavenly Salem,
Vision dear of peace and love,
Who, of living stones upbuilded,
Art the joy of heaven above,
And, with Angel cohorts circled,
As a Bride to earth dost move!
- From celestial realms descending,
Ready for the nuptial bed,
To His presence, decked with jewels,
By her Lord shall she be led:
All her streets and all her bulwarks
Of pure gold are fashioned.
- Bright with pearls her portal glitters;
It is open evermore;
And, by virtue of His merits,
Thither faithful souls may soar,
Who for Christ’s dear Name in this world
Pain and tribulation bore.
- Many a blow and biting sculpture
Polished well those stones elect,
In their places now compacted
By the heavenly Architect,
Who therewith hath willed forever
That His palace should be decked.
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