Also, in the old Divine Office, this hymn was sung today, the Nativity of St John Baptist:
Ut queant laxis resonare fibris
Mira gestórum famuli tuórum,
Solve pollúti labii reátum,
Sancte Joánnes. ...
It is the
Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris, and its melody 'led to the syllabic naming of the notes as
Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La'.
"Pent in the closet of the womb, thy Saviour
Thou didst adore within His chamber shrined:
Thus did each parent in their unborn offspring
Mysteries find."
"Some crowns with glory thirtyfold are shining;
Others, a double flower and fruit combining:
Thy trinal chaplet bears an intertwining
Hundredfold fruitage."
Which translation is most accurate?