Dormi Jesu (Clifford Boyd)
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- Editor: Clifford Boyd (submitted 2003-02-21). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: GIF format, low print resolution
General Information
Title: Dormi Jesu
Composer: Clifford Boyd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAA
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: composer
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Dormi, Jesu, mater ridet
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt
Dormi, Jesu, blandule.
Si non dormis, mater plorat,
Inter fila cantans orat,
blande, veni, somnule.
English translation
by Samuel Coleridge
Sleep sweet babe!
My cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep my darling, tenderly.
If thou sleep not,
mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth,
come, soft slumber, lullaby.