PANIS ANGELICUS (Bread Of The Angels)
(Traditional Latin Hymn / Music: César Auguste Franck - 1877)

Recorded by:
Benjamino Gigli; Charlotte Church; Andrea Bocelli; Il Divo;
Luciano Pavarotti; Robert & Robin Kochis; The Irish Tenors;
The Choir Of Westminster Cathedral: .......and many others.


Panis Angelicus fit panis hominum
Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum
O res mirabilis! Manducat Dominum
Pauper, pauper, servus et humilus
Pauper, pauper, servus et humilus

Te trina Deitas, unaque poscimus
Sic nos tu visita, sicut te colimus
Per tuas semitas duc nos quo tendimus
Ad lucem quam inhabitas
Ad lucem quam inhabitas


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ENGLISH TRANSLATION:


Heavenly bread that becomes the bread for all mankind
Bread from the angelic host that is the end of all imaginings
O miraculous thing, this body of God will nourish
Even the poorest, the most humble of servants
Even the poorest, the most humble of servants

Thee we implore, O God, One in Three
So may Thou visit us as we now worship Thee
And lead us on Thy way that we at last may see
The light wherein Thou dwellest
The light wherein thou dwellest


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