ANTHONI USque limina
Orbis terrarumque maris
Et ultra qui vocitaris
Providentia divina
Qui demonum agmina
Superasti viriliter
Audi cetum nunc omina
Psalentem tua dulciter.
Et ne post hoc exilium
Nos igneus urat Pluto
Hunc ab Orci chorum luto
Eruens fer auxilium
Porrigat refrigerium
Artubus gracie Moys
Ut per verbi misterium
Fiat in omniBUS NOYS
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Anthony, who to the furthest bounds
of land and sea
and beyond calls down
wisdom from on high;
who most powerfully has overcome
whole hosts of demons:
hear us now, gathered here,
sweetly to sing your praises.
And lest, after this exile,
fiery Pluto consume us,
snatching this chorus from the mire of Orcus,
bring your aid.
Let coolness extend to our limbs
through the blessing of water,
that, by the mystery of the Word,
understanding may come to all.
— Trans. after Richard Taruskin
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