Words: Maintz­ich Ge­sang­buch, 1661 (O Es­ca vi­a­to­rum); trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by , 1906.

Music: O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Las­sen, 15th Cen­tu­ry Ger­man mel­o­dy; adapt­ed by , 1539; har­mo­ny by , 1729.


O food to pilgrims given,
O bread of life from Heaven,
O manna from on high!
We hunger, Lord, supply us,
Nor Thy delights deny us,
Whose hearts to Thee draw nigh.

O stream of love past telling,
O purest fountain welling
From out the Savior’s side!
We faint with thirst; revive us,
Of Thine abundance give us,
And all we need provide.

O Jesus, by Thee bidden,
We here adore Thee,
Hidden in forms of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is riven,
We may behold, in heaven,
Thy countenance divine.