Ad genua

"Ad ubera portabimini, et super genua
Blandientur vobis."1

Salve Jesu, rex sanctorum,
Spes votiva peccatorum,
Crucis ligno tanquam reus,
Pendens homo, verus Deus,
Caducis nutans genibus!

Quid sum tibi responsurus,
Actu vilis, corde durus?
Quid rependam amatori,
Qui elegit pro me mori,
Ne dupla morte morerer?

Ut te quaeram mente pura,
Sit haec mea prima cura,
Non est labor nec gravabor:
Sed sanabor et mundabor,
Cum te complexus fuero.

"Ad ubera portabimini, et super genua
Blandientur vobis."

by Arnulf of Leuven (c1200-1250) , from Salve mundi salutare (or Rhythmica oratio)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) , "Ad genua", BuxWV. 75 no. 2 (1680) [two violins, viola da gamba, five voices (SSATB), and basso continuo], from Membra Jesu nostri, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2009-02-27.

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