Lyrics of Tantum Ergo - Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse, Sarah Connolly, & Christopher Maltman, Vasari Singers, Maurice Duruflé

Tantum Ergo (original)

Pange, lingua, gloriosi
Corporis mysterium
Sanguinisque pretiosi
Quem in mundi pretium
Fructus ventris generosi
Rex effudit gentium
Nobis datus, nobis natus
Ex intacta Virgine
Et in mundo conversatus
Sparso verbi semine
Sui moras incolatus
Miro clausit ordine
In supremae nocte cenae
Recumbens cum fratribus
Observata lege plene
Cibis in legalibus
Cibum turbae duodenae
Se dat suis manibus
Verbum caro, panem verum
Verbo carnem efficit:
Fitque sanguis Christi merum
Et si sensus deficit
Ad firmandum cor sincerum
Sola fides sufficit
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
Amen

(translation)

Pange, tongue, glorious
The mystery of the body
And precious blood
What is the price in the world?
The fruit of the noble belly
The king poured out the nations
Given to us, born to us
From the virgin Virgin
And in the world conversed
Sow the seed of the word
He stayed uninhabited
Mira closed the order
At the last night's dinner
Lying down with his brothers
Please read in full
The food is legal
Food for a crowd of twelve
He gives himself into his own hands
The word is flesh, the true bread
He makes flesh with the Word:
And the blood of Christ becomes pure
And if the meaning fails
To strengthen the sincere heart
Faith alone is sufficient
So the only mystery
Let's worship Cernui:
And an old document
Give way to a new ritual:
Faith provides a supplement
Lack of senses
Father and the Son
Praise and joy
Health, honor, and virtue also
And be a blessing:
Proceeding from both sides
Let it be praise.
Amen