Pange, lingua
Sing, my tongue
Pange, lingua, gloriosi
Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory,
Corporis mysterium,
Of His Flesh the mystery sing;
Sanguinisque pretiosi,
Of the Blood,
quem in mundi pretium
all price exceeding,
fructus ventris generosi
Destin'd for the world's redemption,
Rex effudit Gentium.
Shed by our immortal King,
Nobis datus, nobis natus
From a noble womb to spring.
ex intacta Virgine,
Of a pure and spotless Virgin
et in mundo conversatus,
Born for us on earth below,
sparso verbi semine,
Stay'd, the seeds of truth to sow;
sui moras incolatus
He, as Man with man conversing, Then He clos'd in solemn order
miro clausit ordine.
Wondrously his life of woe.
In supremae nocte cenae
On the night of that Last Supper,
recumbens cum fratribus
Seated with His chosen band,
observata lege plene
He the paschal victim eating,
cibis in legalibus,
First fulfils the Law's command;
cibum turbae duodenae
Then as food to all His brethren
se dat suis manibus.
Gives Himself with His own hand.
Verbum caro, panem verum
Word made Flesh, the bread of nature
verbo carnem efficit:
By his word to Flesh he turns;
fitque sanguis Christi merum,
Wine into his Blood He changes -
et si sensus deficit,
What though sense no change discerns?
ad firmandum cor sincerum
Only be the heart in earnest,
sola fides sufficit.
Faith her lesson quickly learns.
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Down in adoration falling,
veneremur cernui:
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
et antiquum documentum
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,
novo cedat ritui:
Newer rites of grace prevail;
praestet fides supplementum
Faith for all defects supplying,
sensuum defectui.
Where the feeble senses fail.
Genitori, Genitoque
To the everlasting Father, And the Son who reigns on high, With the Holy Spirit proceeding
laus et iubilatio, salus, honor, virtus quoque sit et benedictio:
Forth from each eternally,
procedenti ab utroque
Be salvation, honour, blessing,
compar sit laudatio.
Might, and endless majesty.