O bone Jesu (Robert Carver)

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Editor: Sabine Cassola (added 2004-09-15).   Score information: A4, 30 pages, 724 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: 19-part motet
Editor: Mick Swithinbank (added 2005-11-02).   Score information: A4, 11 pages, 35 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: 6-part motet (reduced from 19 voices)



General Information

Title: O bone Jesu
Composer: Robert Carver

Number of voices: 19vv  Voicing: 3S-2A-11T-3B
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published:

Description:

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Original text and translations

O bone Jesu: what follows here is the text of Carver's setting, which is more extensive than others. (translation by Mick Swithinbank)

Latin:

O bone Jesu, O piissime Jesu, O dulcissime Jesu,
O Jesu fili virginis Mariae plenus pietate
O dulcis Jesu
secundum magnam misericordiam tuam
miserere mei.
O clementissime Jesu
deprecor te per illum sanguinem pretiosum
quem pro peccatoribus effundere voluisti
ut abluas iniquitatem meam
et in me respicias
miserum et indignum peccatorem
et hoc nomen Jesum invocantem.
O nomen Jesu, nomen dulce, nomen Jesu,
nomen dilectabile, nomen Jesu, nomen suave,
quid enim est Jesus nisi salvator?
Ergo bone Jesu propter nomen tuum
salva me ne peream
et ne permittas me damnari
quem tu ex nihilo creasti.
O bone Jesu ne perdat me iniquitas mea.
Rogo te, piissime Jesu,
ne perdas me quem fecit tua bonitas.
O dulcis Jesu, recognosce quod tuum est
et absterge quod alienum est.
O amantissime Jesu, O desideratissime Jesu,
O mitissime Jesu, O Jesu,
admitte me intrare regnum tuum, dulcis Jesu.

English.png English translation

O good Jesus, O most holy Jesus, O most sweet Jesus,
O Jesus, son of the Virgin Mary, full of piety,
O sweet Jesus,
according to your great mercy
have mercy upon me.
O most compassionate Jesus
I beseech you by that precious blood
which you willingly shed for sinners
that you might wash away my wickedness
and look upon me
miserable and unworthy sinner
imploring this name of Jesus.
O name of Jesus, sweet name, name of Jesus,
beloved name, name of Jesus, sweet name,
for what is Jesus if not our saviour?
Therefore good Jesus through your name
save me that I shall not perish
and suffer me not to be damned
whom you created out of nothing.
O good Jesus, let not my sin destroy me.
I beg you, most holy Jesus,
forsake not me whom your love has made.
O sweet Jesus, accept what is yours
and reject that which offends you.
O most beloved Jesus, O most longed for Jesus,
O most gentle Jesus, O Jesus,
permit me to enter into your kingdom, sweet Jesus.