| Title | Tantum Ergo Sacramentum |
| Composer | Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (1677 – 1754) |
| Key | G minor |
| Year | 1738 |
| Period | Baroque |
This piece is a duet for two voices, accompanied by keyboard. The text is a portion of Thomas Aquinas’ hymn Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium (“Tell, tongue, the mystery of the glorious Body”).
The translation presented is as close to the original Latin as possible; words not found in the respective lines are put in [brackets].
| Latin | English |
| Tantum ergo sacramentum | Thus such a sacrament |
| veneremur cernui. | may we venerate bowed. |
| Et antiquum documentum | And [may] the old teaching |
| novo cedat ritui | to the new ritual cede. |
| Præstet fides supplementum | May faith provide a supplement |
| sensuum defectui. | to the defect of the senses |
| Genitori, Genitoque | To the Father and to the Son |
| laus et iubilatio, | laudation and jubilation |
| salus, honor virtus quoque | as well as salute, honor, virtue |
| sit et benedictio. | and benediction be. |
| Procedenti ab utroque | To that proceeding from both [nb] |
| compar sit laudatio. | comparable be the laudation. |
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