Adoramus Te, Christe
Text: anonymous Latin
Various tunes
Adoramus te, Christe,
Et benedicimus tibi,
Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum,
Qui passus es pro nobis.
Domine, miserere nobis.
English translation:
We adore Thee, O Christ,
And we bless Thee,
Who by the holy cross hast redeemed the world,
Who hast suffered for us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
(Perhaps the most familiar settings of this text are one by Palestrina, and with a different translation, by Theodore DuBois in the final chorale of The Seven Last Words of Christ.
About Me
- Psalmist
- I'm a middle-aged Christian musician who thinks the two Great Commandments, the Golden Rule, and the Great Commission pretty much cover how human beings ought to live together with God and one another.
BLAME not my Lute! for he must sound
Of this or that as liketh me;
For lack of wit the Lute is bound
To give such tunes as pleaseth me;
Though my songs be somewhat strange,
And speak such words as touch thy change,
Blame not my Lute!
Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
4 comments:
and the one from Taize is familiar to many as well....
Our choir had one that was Christ we do all adore thee. I'm too tired to run down and get my folder...
Teri, I'll be sure to look up the Taize setting. I ought to be a lot more familiar with that repertoire than I am.
P.S., that particular translation sounds like the DuBois chorale, though it could be something else.
We've been using the DuBois chorale as our benediction during Lent and will sing the whole piece on Friday. I'm looking forward to it.
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