You sing, O tongue, the mystery

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by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274)

Translation © by Yaoyao Yuan

Tantum ergo

(Sung text for setting by M. Déodat de Séverac)

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Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE SPA

 ... 

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-6 of the original text.

Composition:

Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac

Text Authorship:

by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274), "Pange lingua"

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Pange, lingua - incl. Tantum ergo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Edward Caswall) , "Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory"
ENG English (Yaoyao Yuan) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chante, langue, du corps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Heinrich Bone) , "Preise, Zunge"
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Canta, oh lengua", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 114

You sing, O tongue, the mystery

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Déodat de Séverac)

See original

Language: English after the Latin

 ... 

Therefore let us venerate so great a Sacrament,
Bent down:
And let the ancient covenant 
Yield to the new rite:
Let faith provide a supplement for the deficiency of the senses.

To the Father, and to the Son
May there be
Praise and rejoicing,
Salvation, honor, power,
And blessing:
To the one proceeding from both
May there be equal praise. Amen.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-6 of the original text.

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