Pieta, William Bouguereau, 1876.
Jesu Dulci Amor Meus is a hymn attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, honoring the wounds of our Savior.
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Latin lyrics
Jesu dulcis amor meus,
Ac si praesens sis accedo:
Te complector cum affectu,
Tuorum memor vulnerum.
O quam nudum hic te cerno,
Vulneratum et distentum,
Inquinatum, involutum,
In hoc sacrato tegmine.
Salve caput cruentatum
Spinis cujus dulcis vultus
Immutavit suum florem,
Quem caeli tremit curia.
Salve latus Salvatoris,
Salve mitis apertura,
Super rosam rubicunda,
Medela salutifera.
Manus sanctae, vos avete,
Diris clavis perforatae:
Ne repellas me Salvator
De tuis sanctis pedibus.
Amen.
English lyrics
Jesus, sweetest love of mine,
In Thy sight I seem to stand;
Mindful of those Wounds of Thine,
Let me kiss Thy wounded Hand.
Now I see how Thou wast stripped,
Wounded, racked, and drenched with gall;
Stained with Blood, with scourges whipped–
On this robe I see it all.
Hail to thee, thorn crowned Brow!
How Thy Features’ lovely grace
Shows a different aspect now!
Angels feared to see that Face.
Hail to thee, O sacred Heart!
Hail, O Wound, once made therein!
Redder than the rose thou art,
Healing balsam for our sin.
Holy Hands, you, too, I greet,
Pierced right through with cruel dart.
Saviour! from Thy sacred Feet
Grant me never to depart. Amen.