Adoro Te Devote/For The Beauty of the Earth
SATB choral/organ score
PEL5015-Choir and Organ
GREGORIAN CHANT AND HYMN FOR SATB (WITH CONGREGATION/AUDIENCE)
An arrangement for choir and organ of the traditional chant with Latin text, followed by a metricized version of the chant with English words, "For the Beauty of the Earth". This piece is appropriate in performances of Missa Gaia (Earthmass) and concerts or services celebrating Earth Day.
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Adoro Te Devote / For The Beauty Of The Earth
Words: att. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274) and Folliot Sanford Pierpont (1835 - 1917)
Music: Gregorian chant and traditional American, arranged by Paul Halley
Adoro te devote, latens Deitas,
Quæ sub his figuris vere latitas;
Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit,
Quia te contemplans totum deficit.
I devoutly adore you, O hidden Deity,
Truly hidden beneath these appearances.
My whole heart submits to you,
And in contemplating you, It surrenders itself completely.
O memoriale mortis Domini!
Panis vivus, vitam præstans homini!
Præsta meæ menti de te vívere,
Et te illi semper dulce sapere.
O memorial of our Lord's death!
Living bread that gives life to man,
Grant my soul to live on you,
And always to savour your sweetness.
Pie Pelicane, Jesu Domine,
Me immundum munda tuo sanguine:
Cujus una stilla salvum facere
Totum mundum quit ab omni scelere.
Lord Jesus, Good Pelican,
wash me clean with your blood,
One drop of which can free
the entire world of all its sins.
For the beauty of the Earth,
sing oh sing today.
Of the sky and of our birth,
sing oh sing today.
Nature human and divine,
all around us lies.
Lord of all, to thee we raise
grateful hymns of praise.
