Bone pastor

General information

Source is the last verse of Lauda Sion by St Thomas Aquinas. Sometimes the words stop short half way through this verse

Settings by composers

• Hilarión Eslava SATB
• Oliver Hayes SATB
• Paolo Pandolfo A or B with organ
• Thomas Tallis SATB
• Francisco Valls SATB.SATB plus continuo

Texts and Translations

Latin text Bone pastor, panis vere, Jesu, nostri miserere: Tu nos pasce, nos tuere: Tu nos bona fac videre, in terra viventium. Tu qui cuncta scis et vales, Qui nos pascis hic mortales, Tuos ibi commensales, Cohaeredes et sodales Fac sanctorum civium. German translation Guter Hirte, wahres Brot, Jesus, erbarm dich unser: Du weide uns, schütze uns, Du laß uns das Gute sehen im Land der Lebenden.

English translation Good shepherd, true bread, Jesus, have mercy on us: Feed and protect us: Make us see good things in the land of the living. You who know and can do all things Who feed us here as mortals, Make us your table-guests there Your co-heirs and companions of the holy citizens of heaven. Italian translation Buon pastore, pane vero, o Gesù, abbi pietà di noi, nutrici, difendici, facci vedere i beni nella terra dei viventi.