"Attende Domine" - English translation?

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Does anyone have an English translation of the Lentan hymn “Attende Domine?” This is one of my favorite Gregorian melodies.
 
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Does anyone have an English translation of the Lentan hymn “Attende Domine?” This is one of my favorite Gregorian melodies.
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I went to my resource for Latin prayers and found it in the Confessio section as a penitential work. The translation is as follows:

R. Hearken, O Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against Thee.

Crying, we raise our eyes to Thee, Sovereign King, Redeemer of all. Listen, Christ, to the pleas of the supplicant sinners. R.

Thou art at the Right Hand of God the Father, the Keystone, the Way of salvation and Gate of Heaven, cleanse the stains of our sins. R.

O God, we beseech Thy majesty to hear our groans; to forgive our sins. R.

We confess to Thee our consented sins; we declare our hidden sins with contrite heart; in Thy mercy, O Redeemer, forgive them. R.

Thou wert captured, being innocent; brought about without resistance, condemned by impious men with false witnesses. O Christ keep safe those whom Thou hast redeemed. R.

It is a beautiful hymn.
 
Here is what I found:

Hear our entreaties, Lord,
and show Thy mercy;
for we are sinners before Thee.

King high exalted, all the world’s Redeemer,
to Thee Thy children lift their eyes with weeping:
Christ, we implore Thee, hear our supplication.

Hear our entreaties, Lord,
and show Thy mercy;
for we are sinners before Thee.

We, Thy eternal majesty entreating,
make lamentation in Thy holy hearing:
graciously grant Thou to our sins indulgence.
 
Thanks! I figured that the first part of the refrain was something like, “Listen Lord, and have mercy,” but I wasn’t sure about the second half or the verses.

Oh, and I forgot, could someone please also post the Latin text? Thanks.
 
TBolt1000T said:
Thanks! I figured that the first part of the refrain was something like, “Listen Lord, and have mercy,” but I wasn’t sure about the second half or the verses.

Oh, and I forgot, could someone please also post the Latin text? Thanks.
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Certainly 🙂

R. Attende Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi.

Ad te Rex summe, omnium redemptor, oculos nostros sublevamus flentes: exaudi, Christe, supplicantum preces. R.

Dextera Patris, lapis angularis, via salutis, ianua caelestis, ablue nostri maculas delicti. R.

Rogamus, Deus, tuam maiestatem: auribus sacris gemitus exaudi: crimina nostra placidus indulge. R.

Tibi fatemur crimina admissa: contrito corde pandimus occulta: tua Redemptor, pietas ignoscat. R.

Innocens captus, nec repugnans ductus, testibus falsis pro implis damnatus: quos redemisti, tu conserva, Criste. R.
 
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