Dormi, Jesu. Mater ridet
Sleep, Jesus. Your mother she smiles:
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt,
It is such a sweet sleep she watches,
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, gentle.
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, dormi Jesu blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, dormi Jesu blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Si non dormis, Mater plorat,
If you are not sleeping, (your) mother cries
Inter fila cantans orat,
Among the praises that she sings, she prays,
Blande, veni, blande, veni somnule.
Quietly, go on sweetly to sleep.
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, so gently.
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, dormi Jesu blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, dormi Jesu blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Sleep, sweet baby. my cares beguiling:
Sleep, sweet baby. My cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, my darling, sleep my darling tenderly!
Sleep, my darling, sleep my darling tenderly!
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, so gently.
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, dormi Jesu blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Dormi, Jesu, dormi Jesu, dormi Jesu blandule.
Sleep, Jesus, Jesus, sleep, sleep so gently Jesus.
Dormi, dormi Jesus
Sleep, sleep Jesus