Tantum ergo

Tantum ergo

Composer: Marcel Dupré, 1938
Text: Thomas von Aquin (13th century)
Published in: Cinq Pièces pour un Salut du Très Saint Sacrement in Le Bréviaire de Pierre l’Ermite
Original score: Baritone solo, choir and organ

Tantum ergoTantum ergo
Tantum ergo sacramentum
veneremur cernui,
et antiquum documentum
novo cedat ritui.
praestet fides supplementum
sensuum defectui.
Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail,
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
Genitori genitoque
laus et jubilatio.
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
sit et benedictio!
Procedenti ab utroque
compar sit laudatio!
Amen.
To the Everlasting Father,
And the Son Who reigns on high
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from Each eternally,
Be salvation, honour, blessing,
Might, and endless majesty.
Amen.