[Christe Fili Dei]1
mundi qui crimina noster tollis:
miserere nobis.

Christe Fili Dei
mundi verissima salus:
miserere nobis.

Christe Fili Dei
precibus sanctissime Matris
adjuva nos et tolle
tribulationem nostram.

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Note: Josquin des Prez used the melody of an old song "J'ay pris amours" for his motet. Its text is:

J'ay pris amours à ma devise
pour conquérir joyeuseté.
Heureux seray en ceste esté
se puis venir à mon emprise [entreprise]

¹ in the first verse, the first line is sung simultaneously with "Salvator noster" (Our saviour).

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Christe Fili Dei -- J'ay pris amours" [chorus], motet [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Christ, fils de Dieu", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Christ, Son of God / I'€™ve fallen in love", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 31

Christ, Son of God
Who takes away the sins of the world:
Have mercy on us

Christ Son of God,
Truest salvation of the world:
Have mercy on us.

Christ Son of God
Most holy, by the prayers of your Mother
Help us and take away
Our troubles.

I've fallen in love as a plan
To conquer happiness.
I'll be happy this summer
If I can reach my goal.