Domine salvum fac regem
Domine, salvum fac regem (Lord, save the King) was a petit motet sung for the King of France at every Mass.
While it already existed in mediaeval France, the motet was composed by Jean Mouton for the coronation of King François I at 1515. It was put to music as a grand motet by Jean-Baptiste Lully, and was made customary at the end of every Mass at the Chapel of Versailles.
Lyrics in Latin
Domine salvum fac regem
et exaudi nos in die qua invocaverimus te.
Gloria Patri et Filio,
et Spiritui Sacto.
Sicut erat in principio
et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.
Lyrics in English
Lord, save our King
and hear us in the day in which we shall call upon Thee.
Glory to the Father and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning
and it is now, and it shall be, for ever without end.
Amen.
See also
- God save the Queen, one of the songs inspired by the anthem.
- The Prayer of Russians, for an anthem-prayer for the Tsar of Russia.