Jesu dulcis memoria

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → General Ordinary Time
Proper of Saints → The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) (November 2)
Masses for the Dead

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 392 (1980)

Text Information:
Reference: The Rosy Sequence, Attrib. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153); transl. Edward Caswall (1814–1878)

Lyrics:

Jesu dulcis memoria,
Dans vera cordis gaudia;
Sed super mel et omnia
Ejus dulcis praesentia.

English translation:
Jesus, the very thought of thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far thy face to see,
And in thy presence rest.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: May 20, 2022