Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium, Sanguinisque pretiosi, quem in mundi pretium fructus ventris generosi Rex effudit gentium.
Sing, my tongue, the mystery of the glorious Body and of the precious Blood, which the King of the nations, fruit of a noble womb, poured out as the price of the world.
Nobis datus, nobis natus ex intacta Virgine, et in mundo conversatus, sparso verbi semine, sui moras incolatus miro clausit ordine.
Given to us, born for us of a spotless Virgin, he dwelt in the world, sowing the seed of the word, and closed the time of his sojourn in a wondrous way.
In supremae nocte cenae recumbens cum fratribus observata lege plene cibis in legalibus, cibum turbae duodenae se dat suis manibus.
On the night of the Last Supper, reclining with his brethren, having fully kept the law in the prescribed foods, he gives himself as food to the band of twelve with his own hands.
Verbum caro, panem verum verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum, et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sincerum sola fides sufficit.
The Word made flesh, by a word, makes true bread his flesh, and wine becomes the Blood of Christ; and if the senses fail, faith alone suffices to make firm a sincere heart.
Tantum ergo Sacramentum veneremur cernui: et antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui: praestet fides supplementum sensuum defectui.
So great a Sacrament, therefore, let us venerate with bowed heads; let the old law give way to the new rite; let faith supply what the senses lack.
Genitori, Genitoque laus et iubilatio, salus, honor, virtus quoque sit et benedictio: procedenti ab utroque compar sit laudatio. Amen.
To the Father and the Son be praise and jubilation, salvation, honor, power, and blessing too; to the One who proceeds from both be equal praise. Amen.
