O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce vulneratum

Settings by composers

Gregor Aichinger SATB Giovanni Paolo Cima AB or SB Josquin des Prez SATB, ATTB or TTBB (Variant 1, with ††) Giovanni Gabrieli SSAATTBB Francisco Guerrero I SATB II SATB Marco Antonio Ingegneri TTBB † Leone Leoni SATB.AATB (Variant 1)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina a 4 SATB a 6 AATBBB Johann Rosenmüller ATB Andrea Rota SSATTB (Variant 2) Giovanni Totaro SATB Tomás Luis de Victoria SAATTB or ATTBBB † Sebastian de Vivanco SSATB (Variant 1, with ††)

Original text and translations

Latin text O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce vulneratum felle et aceto potatum: deprecor te ut tua vulnera sint remedium animae meae. †Alternative last line morsque tua sit vita mea. Variant 1 O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce pendentem et coronam spineam in capite portantem: deprecor te ut tua mors sit vita mea. ††ipsa crux liberet me ab angelo poenitente[percutienti]. Variant 2 O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in sepulcro positum, myrrha et aromatibus conditum: deprecor te, ut tua mors sit vita mea. Italian translation O Signore Gesù Cristo, ti adoro ferito in croce, abbeverato di fiele e aceto. Ti prego affinchè le tue piaghe e la tua morte siano la mia vita.

English translation Lord Jesus Christ, I worship you, who were wounded on the cross and given gall and vinegar to drink: I pray that your wounds may be a remedy for my soul. Alternative last line and your death may give me life. Variant 1 O Lord Jesus Christ, I worship you, hanging on the cross with a crown of thorns on your head: I pray that your death may give me life. ††this cross may free me from the angel of repentance[destruction]. Variant 2 O Lord Jesus Christ, I worship you, placed in the tomb, Covered with myrrh and spices. I pray you, that your death may give me life. Dutch translation O Heer Jezus Christu, ik aanbid U, gewond aan het kruis, gelaafd met gal en edik. Ik smeek u :dat Uw wonden en Uw dood mij het leven binnenleiden.