4. O glorious and radiant tree
In royal crimson richly decked,
His sacred limbs to touch and hold
Thee did our Lord, fair rood, elect.
5. Beata, cuius bracchiis
Pretium pependit saeculi.
Statera facta est corporis
Praedam tulitque tartari.
5. Thou blessed cross upon whose arms
The body of the Savior fell;