Lyrics and translation Karl Jenkins - Jenkins: Stabat Mater: Vidit Jesum in tormentis

Jenkins: Stabat Mater: Vidit Jesum in tormentis

Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
In tanto supplicio?
Quis non posset contristari,
Christi Matrem contemplari
Dolentem cum Filio?
Pro peccatis suæ gentis
Vidit Iesum in tormentis,
Et flagellis subditum.
Vidit suum dulcem Natum
Moriendo desolatum,
Dum emisit spiritum.
Eia, Mater, fons amoris
Me sentire vim doloris
Fac, ut tecum lugeam.
Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
In amando Christum Deum
Ut sibi complaceam.

Jenkins: Stabat Mater: Vidit Jesum in tormentis

Who is the man who would not weep,
If he saw the mother of Christ
In such agony?
Who would not be afflicted,
To see Christ's mother
Sorrowing with her son?
For the sins of her people
She saw Jesus in torment,
And subject to scourging.
She saw her sweet Son
Dying in desolation,
When he gave up his spirit.
O mother, fount of love
Make me feel the force of sorrow
So that I may mourn with you.
Make my heart burn
With loving Christ God
That I may please him.