Adoro Te Devote
I adore you devoutly
Adóro te devóte, latens Déitas,
I devoutly adore you, O hidden Deity,
Quæ sub his figúris vere látitas:
Truly hidden beneath these appearances.
Tibi se cor meum totum súbiicit,
My whole heart submits to you,
Quia, te contémplans, totum déficit.
And in contemplating you, it surrenders itself completely.
Visus, tactus, gustus in te fállitur,
Sight, touch, taste are all deceived in their judgment of you,
Sed audítu solo tuto créditur:
But hearing suffices firmly to believe.
Credo, quidquid dixit Dei Fílius,
I believe all that the Son of God has spoken;
Nil hoc verbo Veritátis vérius.
There is nothing truer than this word of truth.
In Cruce latébat sola Déitas,
On the cross only the divinity was hidden,
At hic latet simul et humánitas;
But here the humanity is also hidden.
Ambo tamen credens atque cónfitens,
I believe and confess both,
Peto, quod petívit latro pænitens.
And ask for what the repentant thief asked.
Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intúeor,
I do not see the wounds as Thomas did,
Deum tamen meum te confíteor:
But I confess that you are my God.
Fac me tibi semper magis credere,
Make me believe more and more in you,
In te spem habére, te dilígere.
Hope in you, and love you.
O memoriále mortis Dómini,
O memorial of our Lord's death!
Panis vivus, vitam præstans hómini,
Living bread that gives life to man,
Præsta meæ menti de te vívere,
Grant my soul to live on you,
Et te illi semper dulce sápere.
And always to savor your sweetness.
Pie pellicáne, Jesu Dómine,
Lord Jesus, Good Pelican,
Me immúndum munda tuo Sánguine,
wash me clean with your blood,
Cuius una stilla salvum fácere
One drop of which can free
Totum mundum quit ab omni scélere.
the entire world of all its sins.
Jesu, quem velátum nunc aspício,
Jesus, whom now I see hidden,
Oro, fiat illud, quod tam sítio:
I ask you to fulfill what I so desire:
Ut, te reveláta cernens fácie,
That the sight of your face being unveiled
Visu sim beátus tuæ glóriæ.
I may have the happiness of seeing your glory.