O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce vulneratum

Settings by composers

Gregor Aichinger SATB Giovanni Bassano SATB.ATTB Andrea Bianchi SATB.SATB Giovanni Paolo Cima AB or SB Melchior Franck ATBB Giovanni Gabrieli SSAATTBB Mariano Garau SATB Francisco Guerrero 1570 SATB (starts with BA duet) 1589 SATB (starts with TB duet) Hans Leo Hassler SATB.SATB Marco Antonio Ingegneri TTBB, ATTB or SATB †

Matthew Locke (variant, see page) SS bc Tiburtio Massaino SSTB José Luis Muguerza SATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina a 4 SATB a 6 AATBBB a 8 SATB.SATB (rearrangement of the 6-voice motet) Johann Rosenmüller ATB Samuel Scheidt SSAT.ATBB Giovanni Totaro SATB Tomás Luis de Victoria SAATTB or ATTBBB †

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Philipp Dulichius — O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce vulneratum
• Ottavio Vernizzi — O Domine Iesu Christe a 6

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.

English translation Lord Jesus Christ, I worship you, who was 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.

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.

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.

German translation O Herr Jesus Christ, ich bete dich an, der du am Kreuz verwundet wurdest und Galle und Essig trinken musstest; ich bitte dich, dass deine Wunden ein Heilmittel für meine Seele seien. †Alternative letzte Zeile Und dein Tod mein Leben bedeuten.