Tu pauperum refugium

You Are the Refuge of the Poor

Josquin des Prez, [Josquin] (c. 1450–1521)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle C
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle C
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle B
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle C

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 412 (1981)

Lyrics:

Tu pauperum refugium,
to languoris remedium, spes exulum,
fortitudo laborantium,
via erantium, veritas et vita.
Et nunc redemptor Domine,
ad te solum confugio,
te verum Deum adoro, in te spero,
in te confido, salus mea, Jesu Christe, 
ad juva me, ne unquam obdormiat 
in morte anima mea.

English translation:
You are the refuge of the poor,
remedy for afflictions, hope of exiles,
strength of those who labor,
way for the wandering, truth and life.
And now, Redeemer, Lord, 
in you alone I take refuge;
you, true God, I adore, in you I hope,
in you I confide, my salvation, O Jesus Christ.
Help me, lest my soul
ever sleep in death.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: May 1, 2022