- Martinæ celebri plaudit nomini
Cives Romulei, plaudite gloriæ:
Insignem meritis dicite Virginem,
Christi dicite Martyrem.
- Hæc dum conspicuis orta parentibus
Inter delicias, inter amabiles
Luxus illecebras ditibus affluit
Faustæ muneribus domus.
- Vitæ despiciens commoda, dedicat
Se rerum Domino, et munifica manu
Christi pauperibus distribuens opes,
Quaerit præmia cœlitum.
- A nobis abigas lubrica gaudia
Tu, qui Martyribus dexter ades, Deus
Une et trine: tuis da famulis jubar,
Quo clemens animos beas.
| - With joyous songs, great Rome, Martina’s fame extol,
Her glowing praises tell, and all her mighty deeds;
A Virgin pure and chaste, she leads a stainless life,
And for her Lord a Martyr bleeds.
- A happy home is hers, and all that makes this world
So sweet, and fresh, and fair, to those who love its wiles:
From noblest parents sprung, ‘mid wealth, and love, and joy,
Her life speeds on, ‘mid naught but smiles.
- These pleasures soon she spurns—her wealth she gladly gives
To Christ’s own blessed poor—herself, to God above;
No other wealth she seeks save her own spotless Spouse,
Forever blest in His pure love.
- O Thou, the Martyrs’ strength, all cheating joys expel,
And fill us with Thy bright and never-fading love;
Show us the beam divine, which forms the crowning joy,
God, Three in One, of bliss above.
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