Jesu, dulcis memoria I (Anonymous)

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CPDL #16022:  LilyPond

Editor: Peter Kaplan (added 2008-02-15).   Score information: Letter, 1 pages, 192 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed via dictation from Aventure recording (2007), with additional 4th verse added from traditional 4-verse text.

General Information

Title: Jesu, Dulcis Memoria
Composer: Anonymous
Source: Koning Manuscript
Number of voices: 2vv, homophonic
Voicing: BB
Genre: Sacred

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: c.1500

Original text and translations

Latin text Jesu dulcis memoria Dans vera cordis gaudia: Sed super mel et omnia Ejus dulcis præsentia. Nil canitur suavius, Nil auditur jucundius Nil cogitatur dulcius Quam Jesus Dei filius. Jesu spes pænitentibus, Quam pius es petentibus! Quam bonus te quærentibus! Sed quid invenientibus? Nec lingua valet dicere, Nec littera exprimere: Expertus potest credere, Quid sit Jesum diligere. Sis Jesu nostrum gaudium Qui es futurus præmium Sit nostra in te gloria Per cuncta semper sæcula.

English translation by Mick Swithinbank and Jamie Reid Baxter. Jesus, sweet remembrance, Granting the heart its true joys, But above honey and all things Is His sweet presence. Nothing more pleasing can be sung, Nothing gladder can be heard Nothing sweeter can be thought Than Jesus, son of God. Jesus, hope of the penitent, How merciful you are to those who ask, How good to those who seek, But O, what you are to those who find! Tongue has no power to describe Nor writings to express But only belief can know by experience What it is to love Jesus. Be our joy, O Jesus, Who will be the prize we win, May all our glory be in you, always And through all ages.