Motet Translations

Heinrich Schütz: "Rorate coeli," SWV 322 - Kleine Geistliche Konzerte II

Advent antiphon, adapted from Isaiah 45:8

soprano, alto, bass

Rorate coeli desuper
et nubes pluant justum,
aperiatur terra
et germinet salvatorem.

Drop dew, o heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain down justice,
let the earth open
and salvation spring forth.