Canite tuba / Rorate coeli

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Advent → General Advent Season
Proper of Time → Advent → Second Sunday of Advent → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle C

Publication Information:
Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)

Lyrics:

Canite tuba in Sion,
quia prope est dies Domini,
ecce venit ad salvandum nos.
Erunt prava in directa,
et aspera in vias planas:
veni Domine, et noli tardare.

Rorate coeli de super,
et nubes pluant justum;
aperiatur terra,
et germinet salvatorem.
Ostende nobis Domine,
misericordiam tuam,
et salutare tuum da nobis.
Veni Domine, et noli tardare.

English translation:
Sound the trumpets in Zion,
for the day of the Lord is at hand.
Lo, he comes to save us.
The crooked paths will be straight
the rough paths smooth.
Come, Lord, and do not delay.

Drop down dew, heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain down the Just One.
Let the earth be opened
and bud forth a Savior.
Show us, O Lord, your mercy,
and grant us your salvation.
Come, Lord, and do not delay.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 5, 2022 Last updated: Feb 5, 2022