Salve Festa Dies
An hymn for a procession for Easter Sunday.
There are other variations for other big feast days - Corpus Christi springs to mind. They change the words a little.
Salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo qua Deus infernum vicit et astra tenet.
Salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo qua Deus vicit infernum et tenet astra.
Hail festival day all hallowed forever {on which} God defeats hell and seizes heaven.
Hail festival day all hallowed forever {on which} God defeats hell and seizes heaven.
Ecce renascéntis testátur grátia mundi Omnia cum Dómino redísse suo.
Ecce grátia mundi renascéntis testátur Omnia cum suo Dómino redísse.
Behold grace {of the world} reborn testifies all with their Lord returned
Behold the beauty of the world reborn bears witness that all gifts have returned with their Lord.
Namque triumphánti post trístia tártara Christo Undique fronde nemus, grámina flore favent.
Namque triumphánti post trístia tártara Christo Undique fronde nemus, grámina flore favent.
{For indeed} {returns in triumph} after gloom hell Christ {from every side} leafy groves grass flowers {favour/greet}
For indeed, from every side leafy groves and meadow flowers Greet Christ as he returns in triumph after the gloom of hell.