Sing My Tongue of Warfare Ended

Sing My Tongue of Warfare Ended is a translation by Monsignor Ronald A. Knox (1888 - 1957) of the opening 5 verses (+ doxology) of the 6th century Latin hymn: Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis by Venantius Fortunatus (c.530-c.600/609). As poet of the Merovingian Court, he composed the hymn for the procession that brought a relic of the True Cross to Queen Radegund in 570. In the Mass, this hymn has been traditionally chanted during the Adoration of the Cross on Good Friday. In the Roman Breviary it has been divided into shorter hymns (eg. Crux Fidelis - see 2nd video) which are used during Holy Week. It is believed that Fortunatus' work inspired St. Thomas Aquinas to write his great hymn for the Feast of Corpus Christi: Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium. In the Divine Office (1974), Fr. Knox's translation: Sing My Tongue of Warfare Ended is sung on Good Friday with the Office of Readings. The Divine Office recommends the tune: Mannheim by Friedrich Filitz (1804-1876). An alternative tune that can also be used is Picardy, as featured in the following video. Alternative Tune: Picardy PANGE, LINGUA, GLORIOSI PROELIUM CERTAMINIS1. PANGE, LINGUA, GLORIOSIPROELIUM CERTAMINIS,et super Crucis trophaeodic triumphum nobilem,qualiter Redemptor orbisimmolatus vicerit.2. De parentis protoplastifraude Factor condolens,quando pomi noxialismorte morsu corruit,ipse lignum tunc notavit,damna ligni ut solveret.3. Hoc opus nostrae salutisordo depoposcerat,multiformis proditorisars ut artem falleret,et medelam ferret inde,hostis unde laeserat.4. Quando venit ergo sacriplenitudo temporis,missus est ab arce Patrisnatus, orbis, Conditor,atque ventre virginalicarne factus prodiit.5. Vagit infans inter arctaconditus praesepia:membra pannis involutaVirgo Mater alligat:et manus pedesque et crurastricta cingit fascia.6. LUSTRA SEX QUI IAM PERACTAtempus implens corporis,se volente, natus ad hoc,passioni deditus,Agnus in crucis levaturimmolandus stipite.7. En acetum, fel, arundo,sputa, clavi, lancea:mite corpus perforatur,Sanguis, unda profluitterra, pontus, astra, mundis,quo lavantur flumine!8. CRUX FIDELIS,INTER OMNESarbor una nobilis;nulla talem silva profert,flore, fronde, germine.Dulce lignum, dulci clavo,dulce pondus sustinens!9. Flecte ramos, arbor alta,tensa laxa viscera,et rigor lentescat ille,quem dedit nativas,ut superni membra Regismiti tendas stipite.10. Sola digna tu fuistiferre saeculi pretium,atque portum praepararenauta mundo naufrago,quem sacer cruor perunxit,fusus Agni corpore.11. Aequa Patri Filioque,inclito Paraclito,sempiterna sit beataeTrinitati gloria,cuius alma nos redemitatque servat gratia. Amen.  Crux Fidelis (Taken from verses: 4, 1-3, 11)