Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, quae sub his figuris vere latitas: tibi se cor meum totum subiicit, quia te contemplans totum deficit.
I devoutly adore you, hidden Godhead, who truly lie hidden beneath these forms: my whole heart submits itself to you, for in contemplating you it wholly fails.
Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur, sed auditu solo tuto creditur; credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius: nil hoc verbo Veritatis verius.
Sight, touch and taste are deceived in you, but by hearing alone is it safely believed; I believe whatever the Son of God has said: nothing is truer than this word of Truth.
In cruce latebat sola Deitas, at hic latet simul et humanitas; ambo tamen credens atque confitens, peto quod petivit latro paenitens.
On the cross the Godhead alone was hidden, but here the humanity too lies hidden; yet believing and confessing both, I ask for what the repentant thief asked.
Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor; Deum tamen meum te confiteor; fac me tibi semper magis credere, in te spem habere, te diligere.
I do not see the wounds, as Thomas did; yet I confess you to be my God; make me believe in you ever more, hope in you, and love you.
O memoriale mortis Domini! Panis vivus, vitam praestans homini! Praesta meae menti de te vivere et te illi semper dulce sapere.
O memorial of the Lord's death! Living bread, giving life to man! Grant my mind to live on you, and always to savor you sweetly.
Pie pellicane, Iesu Domine, me immundum munda tuo sanguine; cuius una stilla salvum facere totum mundum quit ab omni scelere.
O loving Pelican, Lord Jesus, cleanse me, unclean, with your blood, one drop of which can save the whole world from all its sin.
Iesu, quem velatum nunc aspicio, oro fiat illud quod tam sitio; ut te revelata cernens facie, visu sim beatus tuae gloriae. Amen.
Jesus, whom now I behold veiled, I pray that what I so thirst for may come to pass: that, seeing you face to face, unveiled, I may be blessed in the sight of your glory. Amen.
