Panis angelicus

General Information

The last two stanzas of the hymn "Sacris solemniis" by St. Thomas Aquinas (13th cent.)

Original text

Latin text Panis angelicus fit panis hominum;
Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum:
O res mirabilis! Manducat Dominum
Pauper, servus et humilis.

Te trina Deitas, unaque poscimus,
Sic nos tu visita, sicut te colimus;
Per tuas semitas duc nos quo tendimus,
Ad lucem quam inhabitas.

Translations

English translation The bread of the angels becomes the bread of man;
the bread of heaven is given a bounded form.
O wondrous thing! The poor, the slave
and the humble man feed on their lord.

Of you, threefold and one God, we ask:
Come to visit us as we worship you;
lead us on your paths to where we want to go:
to the light in which you dwell.

Settings by composers

• Guiseppe Baini
• Claudio Casciolini
• Cesar Franck
• Louis Lambillotte
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Camille Saint-Saëns

External links: IPASource.com: Link to PDF file with IPA pronunciation and word-by-word translation. That translation is rather poor, however, breaking words incorrectly and making a hash of the meaning of several phrases.