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O Esca Viatorum
(Heinrich Isaak)

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Translation (feel free to suggest a more elegant one, if you know of one):

(1) O food of wayfarers, O bread of angels, O heavenly manna: feed the hungry, do not withhold Thy sweetness from the hearts of seekers. (2) O clear fountain of love, which flows from the Savior's pure heart: give drink to the thirsty; Thou alone art enough to satisfy all our desires. (3) O Jesus, whom we now worship hidden under the appearance of bread: free us hereafter in heaven; make us see Thee face to face, with the veil removed.