3 kleine Motetten

by Walter Rudolph Niemann (1876 - 1953)

1. Jesu dulcis memoria  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Latin 
Jesu, dulcis memoria, 
dans vera cordis gaudia,
sed super mel et omnia,
eius dulcis praesentia.

[Nil canitur suavius, 
nil auditur iucundius,]1
nil cogitatur dulcius
quam Jesus, Dei Filius.

Jesu, spes paenitentibus,
Quam pius es petentibus!
Quam bonus te quaerentibus!
Sed quid invenientibus?

[Nec]2 lingua valet dicere,
Nec littera exprimere:
Expertus potest credere,
Quid sit Jesum diligere.

Sis, Jesu, nostrum gaudium,
Qui es futurus praemium
Sit nostra in te gloria,
Per cuncta semper saecula. Amen.

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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Jesus, zoete herinnering", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Edward Caswall) , written 1849 [an adaptation]
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 omitted by Mozart.
2 Diepenbrock: "Non"

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2. Adoramus te, Christe  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Latin 
Adoramus te, Christe, 
et benedicimus tibi; 
Quia per tuam sanctam crucem 
redemisti [mundum]1 .
Domine, miserere nobis.
Agimus tibi gratias,
rex omnipotens beneficiis tuis,
qui vivis et regnas per omnia
saecula saeclorum. 
Amen.

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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Wij aanbidden U, Christus", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "We adore You, Christ", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nous t'adorons, Christ", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Brahms: "mundum qui passus es pro nobis"

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3. O bone Jesu  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Latin 
O bone Jesu, miserere nobis, 
quia tu creasti nos, 
tu redemisti nos sanguine tuo praetiosissimo.

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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "O goede Jesus", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "O gracious Jesus", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô doux Jésus", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "O gütiger Jesus", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Total word count: 125