THE VIRGIN'S CRADLE HYMN (DORMI JESU), Edmund Rubbra
THE VIRGIN'S CRADLE HYMN (DORMI JESU) by Edmund Rubbra
Performed by University of British Columbia University Singers
Graeme Langager, conductor
Sheet music published by Oxford University Press, 1926.
Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt
Dormi, Jesu blandule!
Si non dormis, mater plorat,
Inter fila cantans orat,
Blande veni, somnule.
Translation
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, balmily!