Victimae paschali laudes
immolent Christiani.
To the Paschal Victim
let Christians offer a sacrifice of praise.
Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens Patri
reconciliavit peccatores.
The Lamb has redeemed the sheep:
Christ, the sinless one,
has reconciled sinners to the Father.
Mors et vita duello
conflixere mirando:
dux vitae mortuus,
regnat vivus.
Death and life have met
in a wondrous combat:
the Prince of life, who died,
reigns alive.
Dic nobis, Maria,
quid vidisti in via?
Tell us, Mary,
what didst thou see upon the way?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis,
et gloriam vidi resurgentis:
“I saw the tomb of the living Christ,
and the glory of him rising;
Angelicos testes,
sudarium et vestes.
the angels who bore witness,
the napkin and the linen cloths.
Surrexit Christus spes mea:
praecedet vos in Galilaeam.
Christ my hope is risen:
he will go before you into Galilee.”
Scimus Christum surrexisse
a mortuis vere:
tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere.
Amen. Alleluia.
We know that Christ is truly risen
from the dead:
do thou, victorious King, have mercy on us.
Amen. Alleluia.
SourceAttributed to Wipo of Burgundy, 11th century · Sung before the Gospel on Easter Sunday