"Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee"

 “Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee” is a Latin Hymn Translation from before the 13^th century.  The author is unknown.  The Latin title of the hymn is Je­su quad­ra­gen­a­ri­ae.  John H. Hewett (1824-1886), along with the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern translated it into English in 1859. 

  Musicians still use Christopher Tye’s work “Windsor” as the music for the Latin hymn translation of “Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee.”  Tye lived in the early 16^th century (1505-1572).  He got his Bachelor of Music at Cambridge and later, two doctorates—one from Cambridge and the other from Oxford.  He was a deacon and then became a priest, but he wrote several musical pieces for the church.

“Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee”

Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee
We duteous learn to keep,
A healing time, by Thy decree,
For all Thy wounded sheep.

A time in which towards paradise,
Once lost by carnal sense,
The souls redeemed by Thee may rise
Through chastening abstinence.

Now with Thy Church be present, Lord,
In all Thy saving grace,
And hear us as with one accord
Mourning, we seek Thy face.

Most Merciful, forgive the past,
The sins which we deplore;
Thy sheltering arms around us cast,
That we may sin no more.

To Thee our sacrifice we bring
Of Lenten fast and prayer,
Till, cleansed by Thee, our God and King,
Thy Paschal joy we share.

Grant this, O Father, through Thy Son,
And through the Spirit blest,
Who art with Them forever One,
Eternally confessed.

  William Daman also rearranged the ancient Latin hymn translation, “Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee,” in 1851.  Daman took Christopher Tye’s “Windsor” and set the Latinate version to music in Booke of Musike, 1591.

“Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee”

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