Pange Lingua / Tantum Ergo sing|tongue|only|therefore Halte den Mund / Nur dann Sing, O tongue / Therefore

Pange, lingua, gloriósi sing|tongue|of the glorious Sing, O tongue, of the glorious

Córporis mystérium, of the body|mystery Mystery of the Body,

Sanguinísque pretiósi, and of the blood|precious And of the precious Blood,

Quem in mundi prétium whom|in|world|price Whom the price of the world

Fructus ventris generósi fruits|womb|of the fruitful The fruit of a noble womb

Rex effúdit géntium. king|poured out|of nations The King of nations poured out.

Nobis datus, nobis natus to us|given|to us|born Given to us, born to us

Ex intácta Vírgine, from|untouched|Virgin From the untouched Virgin,

Et in mundo conversátus, and|in|world|having conversed And having lived in the world,

Sparso verbi sémine, having scattered|of the word|seed Sowing the seed of the word,

Sui moras incolátus his|delays|having inhabited He dwells in his delays.

Miro clausit órdine. with a wonderful|he closed|in order He closed the order with wonder.

In suprémæ nocte cenæ in|highest|night|of the dinner On the night of the last supper

Recúmbens cum frátribus, reclining|with|brothers Reclining with his brothers,

Observáta lege plene having observed|law|fully Having fully observed the law.

Cibis in legálibus, food|in|legacies In the legacies of food,

Cibum turbæ duodénæ food|crowd|twelve The food of the twelfth crowd

Se dat suis mánibus. himself|gives|his|hands Is given to its own hands.

Verbum caro, panem verum word|flesh|bread|true The word made flesh, true bread.

Verbo carnem éfficit; by the word|flesh|he/she/it causes to be made The word makes flesh;

Fitque sanguis Christi merum: and it becomes|blood|of Christ|pure And the blood of Christ becomes pure:

Et si sensus déficit, and|if|sense|it fails And if the senses fail,

Ad firmándum cor sincérum for|to firm|heart|sincere To strengthen the sincere heart

Sola fides súfficit. only|faith|suffices Faith alone is sufficient.

Tantum ergo Sacraméntum only|therefore|Sacrament Therefore, this Sacrament

Venerémur cérnui: let us venerate|kneeling Let us venerate with humility:

Et antíquum documéntum and|ancient|document And the ancient document

Novo cedat rítui: new|let it yield|to the rhythm Let it yield to the new rite:

Præstet fides suppleméntum let it provide|faith|supplement Let faith provide a supplement

Sénsuum deféctui. of senses|to the deficiency to the deficiency of the senses.

Genitóri, Genitóque to the father|and to the father To the Father, and to the Son

Laus et iubilátio, praise|and|jubilation Praise and jubilation,

Salus, honor, virtus quoque salvation|honor|virtue|also Salvation, honor, and virtue also

Sit et benedíctio: let there be|and|blessing Be and blessing:

Procedénti ab utróque proceeding|from|both Proceeding from both

Compar sit laudátio. comparison|let it be|praise Comparison is praise. Amen. Amen Amen.