Paroles et traduction Dan Gibson - Adoro Te Devote

Adoro Te Devote

Que sub is figuris vere látitas.
Tibi se cor meum totum súbiicit,
Quia te contémplans totum déficit

Sed audítu solo tuto créditur;
Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius:
Nil hoc verbo veritátis vérius

*Visus, tactus, gustus in te fállitur,
Sed audítu solo tuto créditur;
Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius:
Nil hoc verbo veritátis vérius*

At hic latet simul et humánitas;
Ambo tamem crédens atque cónfitens,
Peto quod petivit latro póenintens.

Deum tamen meum te confíteor;
Fac me tibi semper magis crédere,
In te spem habere, te dilígere.

*Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intúeor,
Deum tamen meum te confíteor;
Fac me tibi semper magis crédere,
In te spem habere, te dilígere.*

Panis vivus, vitae praestans hómini;
Praesta meae menti de te vívere,
Et te illi semper dulce sápere.

Me immundum munda tuo sánguine;
Cuis una stilla salvum fácere
Totum mundum quit ab omni scélere.

*Pie pellicáne, Iesu Dómine,
Me immundum munda tuo sánguine;
Cuis una stilla salvum fácere
Totum mundum quit ab omni scélere.*

Oro, fiat illud quod tam sítio;
Ut te reveláta cernens fácie,
Visu sim beátus tuae glóriae.
Amen.+

Adore You Devoutly

Who true art hid beneath these figures,
To thee my whole heart doth bow in awe,
For gazing on thee, it wastes away entirely

Yet trusting solely in hearing is safe;
I believe all that the Son of God has said:
Naught is more true that this word of truth

*Sight, touch, and taste in thee do fail,
Yet trusting solely in hearing is safe;
I believe all that the Son of God has said:
Naught is more true than this word of truth*

But here both Godhead and manhood are concealed;
Confessing and believing both alike,
I pray that which the repentant thief implored.

My God, I confess you truly;
Make me believe ever more in you,
In you to hope, and to love you.

*The wounds as Thomas did, I do not see,
My God, I confess you truly;
Make me believe ever more in you,
In you to hope, and to love you.*

O living Bread, who gives life to man;
Grant that my soul may live by thee,
And ever find thee sweet unto it.

Cleanse me, unclean, with thy blood;
A single drop whereof can save
The whole world from all its guilt.

*O gentle pelican, Jesus, Lord,
Cleanse me, unclean, with thy blood;
A single drop whereof can save
The whole world from all its guilt.*

I pray that may come to pass what I so long for;
That seeing thee face to face unveiled,
I may be blessed with the vision of thy glory.
Amen.+