Tu solus, qui facis mirabilia

You Alone Can Do Wonders

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 → General Ordinary Time

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 792 (2017)

Lyrics:

I
Tu solus qui facis mirabilia,
Tu solus Creator, qui creasti nos,
Tu solus Redemptor, qui redemisti nos
sanguine tuo pretiosissimo.

Ad te solum confugimus,
in te solum confidimus
nec alium adoramus,
Jesu Christe.

Ad te preces effundimus
exaudi quod supplicamus,
et concede quod petimus,
Rex benigne.

II
Alium amare (D’ung aultre amer,)
Nobis esset fallacia:
Alium diligere (D’ung aultre amer,)
Magna esset stultitia et peccatum.

Audi nostra suspiria,
Replenos tua gratia,
O rex regum,
Ut ad tua servitia
Sistamus cum laetitia
in aeternum.

English translation:

I
You alone can do wonders,
You alone are the Creator, and created us;
You alone are the Redeemer, and redeemed us
With your most precious blood.

In you alone we find refuge,
In you alone we trust,
None other do we worship,
Jesus Christ.

To you we pour out our prayers,
Hear our supplication,
and grant us our request,
O King of kindness!

II
To love another
would be deceitful;
To love another
would be great madness and sin.

Hear our sighing,
fill us with your grace,
O King of kings!
So we may remain in your service
With joy
for ever.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: May 1, 2022