Ad faciem

"Illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum;
salvum me fac in misericordia tua."1

Salve, caput cruentatum,
Totum spinis coronatum,
Conquassatum, vulneratum,
Arundine verberatum,
Facie sputis illita.

Dum me mori est necesse,
Noli mihi tunc deesse,
In tremenda mortis hora
Veni, Jesu, absque mora,
Tuere me et libera.

Cum me jubes emigrare,
Jesu care, tunc appare,
O amator amplectende,
Temet ipsum tunc ostende
In cruce salutifera.

Amen.

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 faciem", BuxWV. 75 no. 7 (1680) [two violins, viola da gamba, five voices (SSATB), and basso continuo], from Membra Jesu nostri, no. 7.

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

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