Iesus dulcedo (Anonymous)

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  • (Posted 2018-09-04)  CPDL #51183:     
Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2018-09-04).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original note values; transposed down a minor third for SAT.

General Information

Title: Iesus dulcedo
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAT
Genre: SacredSacred songLauda

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1591 in Il quarto libro delle laudi a 3 e 4 voci (ed. Francisco Soto de Langa), no. 10
Description: Lauda published in Rome in 1591 in a volume of mainly Italian-texted laude. This one is in Latin instead.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Iesus dulcedo cordium,
fons veri lumen mentium,
excedens omne gaudium
et omne desiderium.

Iesus sole lucidor,
et balsamo suavior,
omni dulcore dulcior,
et cunctis amabilior.

Iesus decus Angelicum,
in aure dulce canticum,
in ore mel mersicum,
in corde nectar celicum.

Bonum mihi digere,
Iesum vitra non querere,
mihi prorsus deficere,
ut illi queam vivere.

Amor Iesu me afficit,
in hunc mens mea deficit,
solus amanti sufficit.

O beatum incendium,
ardens desiderium,
o dulce refrigerium,
amare Dei filium.

Hic amor ardet dulciter,
dulcescit mirabiliter,
sapit delectabiliter,
et delectat feliciter.

Quam grata, quam vernantia,
quam mellita, quam fulgida
sunt Christi Iesu vulnera,
hunc decet laus per secula.