Jesu dulcis memoria

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English-language translations of
Jesu dulcis memoria (The Sweet Memory of Jesus) (c. 1160)
by Bernard of Clairvaux

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This hymn is attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux; different manuscripts contain between 42 and 53 stanzas. Various parts of it are used in Catholic public prayer, and several popular hymns are translations of sections as well.

1867058Jesu dulcis memoria (The Sweet Memory of Jesus) — c/1160Bernard of Clairvaux

English-language translations of Jesu dulcis memoria include:

"Jesus my Memory's sweet employ" (30 stanzas), anonymous (1708).
"Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee" (3 stanzas) by Edward Caswall (1849)
"Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts" (5 stanzas) by Ray Palmer (1858)

See also