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This edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, and recorded.
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-
p
ii
ia.
-
ter
i
a
-
-
k
j kk k k k i
-
al
mp
ty!
Mas
Mas-
mf
A
=90
ty!
lle
A
j
Fm
i
kkkk
i
k
k
i
j
i i
j k dk k k k k
dj j
ty!
i i j m l mf
e iz j iz
ty!
migh - ty!
d dj
b ji
-
al
for
a i jj i i
-
ter
j
Mas-
i
i di
i i
-
j i
ty!
di j j i i l i mf
f j iz
=80
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al - migh
i i
i i
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ter
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al-
Cædmon’s Hymn
heofonrices Weard
Nū scolun herigean
Meotodes meahte
ond his mōdgeþanc,
weorc Wuldorfæder,
swā hē wundra gehwæs
ōr onstealde.
ēce Drihten,
Hē ærest sceōp
eorðan bearnum
heofon tō hrōfe,
hālig Scyppend.
monncynnes Weard
Þā middangeard
ēce Drihten,
æfter tēode
Frēa ælmehtig.
firum foldan,
---------------------------------------------------{Pronunciation: - = syllable : = dipthong; á, à = stronger, weaker stress}
Noo skáw-lunn héh-ri-gæ:un
héh:aw-fon-reech-ehs Wáwrd
ond hiss móde-geh-thàwnk,
Méh:aw-tàw-dess ma:uk-teh
wéh:ork Wóol-dawr-fà-dehr,
swáa hay wún-draw geh-was
áy-che Drík-ten,
óar on-stá:ull-deh.
Hay áh-rehst skéh:oap
éh:awr-thawn bá:ur-num
héh:aw-fawn tow hrów-feh,
háa-lig Sküpp-ehnd.
Thaa míd-awn-yàh:urd
máwn-künn-ness Wáwrd
áy-che Drík-ten,
áf-ter táy:aw-deh
fíh-rum fáll-dawn,
Frý:uh ál-mèhk-tig.
---------------------------------------------------Nunc laudemus Praeses regni caelestis,
Vim Creatoris, cogitationemque Suum,
opera Patris Praeclari; quam ille, Dominus aeternus,
omnia miracula ab principio instituebat.
Primo aetheram qua tectum finxit
liberis Terrae, Creator sanctus.
Terram mediam deinde Custos hominum,
Dominus aeternus, postea viris fecit,
orbem terrarum nostrum, Dominus omnipotens!
Latin translation by Amanda Greenberger
---------------------------------------------------Now we should praise the Guardian of heaven’s kingdom,
the Creator’s might, and His subtle thought,
the work of the Glorious Father; how He [all] wonders was,
eternal Lord, originally establishing.
He first shaped, for Earth’s children,
heaven as roof, Holy Creator.
Then middle-Earth: mankind’s Keeper,
eternal Lord, afterwards made
for men: our Earth. Master almighty!
Copyright © 2005 by George Peter Bird.
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