Lyrics and translation Azam Ali - O Quanta Qualia

O Quanta Qualia

O quanta, qualia sunt illa sabbata
Quae semper celebrat superna curia.
Quae fessis requies, quae merces fortibus,
Cum erit omnia Deus in omnibus.

Vere Ierusalem est illa civitas,
Cuius pax iugis est, summa iucunditas,
Ubi non praevenit rem desiderium,
Nec desiderio minus est praemium.

Quis rex, quae curia, quale palatium,
Quae pax, quae requies, quod illud gaudium,
Huius participes exponant gloriam,
Si quantum sentiunt, possint exprimere.

Illic ex sabbato succedet sabbatum,
Perpes laetitia sabbatizantium,
Nec ineffabiles cessabunt iubili,
Quos decantabimus et nos et angeli.

Perenni Domino perpes sit Gloria,
Ex quo sunt, per quem sunt, in quo sunt omnia;
Ex quo sunt, Pater est; per quem sunt, Filius;
In quo sunt, Patris et Filii Spiritus.

O Quanta Qualia

O how great are those sabbaths
That the heavenly court always celebrates.
Which are a rest for the weary, a reward for the strong,
When God will be all in all.

Truly Jerusalem is that city,
Whose peace is everlasting, its joy supreme,
Where desire does not precede the thing,
Nor the reward fall short of the desire.

What king, what court, what palace,
What peace, what rest, what joy,
Let the partakers of this glory declare,
If they can express how much they feel.

There from sabbath to sabbath shall succeed,
The endless joy of those who keep sabbath,
Nor shall the ineffable jubilees cease,
Which we and the angels shall sing.

To the eternal Lord be eternal Glory,
From whom are, through whom are, in whom are all things;
From whom are, the Father is; through whom are, the Son;
In whom are, the Spirit of the Father and of the Son.