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O bone et dulcissime Jesu, per tuam misericordiam esto mihi Jesus! Quid est Jesus nisi plasmator, nisi redemptor, nisi salvator. Ergo bone et dulcissime Jesu, qui me plasmasti tua benignitate, rogo te, ne pereat opus tuum mea iniquitate. Ergo quaeso, anhelo, suspiro ne perdas quod tua fecit omnipotens divinitas. Recognosce quod tuum est et ne respicias quod meum est. Noli cogitare malum meum, ut obliviscaris bonum tuum. Si ego commisi per quod dannare me debes, tu non amisisti unde me salvare potes, Et si secundum iustitiam tuam dannare me vis, ad tuam piissimam et ineffabilem misericordiam appello. Ergo quaeso: miserere mei, miserere mei, secundum magnam misericordiam et pietatem tuam. Amen.
Authorship
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), "O bone et dulcissime Jesu" [SATB chorus] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "O good and most sweet Jesus", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
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O good and most sweet Jesus Through your mercy be my Jesus! What is Jesus if not creator, If not redeemer, if not saviour. Therefore, good and most sweet Jesus Who created me in your kindness, I ask you that your work should not fail because of my wrongdoing. So I ask, I beg, I earnestly pray that you should not throw away That which you, all-powerful and God, made. Acknowledge what is yours, And do not look at what is mine. Do not consider my evil, And so forget your good. If I have committed anything for which you ought to condemn me, You have not lost the means by which you can save me, And if you wish to condemn me according to your own justice, I appeal to your most affectionate and unexplained mercy. So I pray: have mercy on me, have mercy on me, According to your great mercy and your kindness. Amen.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
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Word count: 157