Paroles et traduction Choir of New College Oxford - Vide Domine afflictionem

Vide Domine afflictionem

Vide, Domine, afflictionem nostram,
Et in tempore maligno ne derelinquas nos.
Plusquam Hierusalem facta est deserta,
Civitas electa, gaudium cordis nostri, conversum est in luctum,
Et jocunditas nostra in amaritudinem conversa est.
Sed veni, Domine, et noli tardare,
Et revoca dispersos in civitatem tuam.
Da nobis, Domine, pacem tuam diu desideratam, Pax sanctissima,
Et miserere populi tui gementis et flentis, Domine Deus noster.

See, O Lord, our affliction

See, O Lord, our affliction,
And in the time of evil do not forsake us.
More than Jerusalem is made desolate,
The chosen city, the joy of our hearts, has been turned into mourning,
And our merriment into bitterness.
But come, O Lord, and do not delay,
And gather in those dispersed throughout your city.
Grant us, O Lord, your long-desired peace, holiest peace,
And have mercy on your people who mourn and weep, O Lord our God.