In Dulci Jubilo
In dulci jubilo
Let us our homage show;
Our heart's joy reclineth
in praesepio
And like a bright star shineth,
Matris in gremio.
Alpha es et O,
Alpha es et O.
O Jesu parvule!
I yearn for thee alway!
Hear me, I beseech thee,
O puer optime!
My prayer let it reach thee,
O Princeps gloriae!
Trahe me post te!
Trahe me post te!
O Patris caritas,
O Nati lenitas!
Deeply were we stained
Per nostra crimina;
But thou hast for us gained
Coelorum gaudia.
O that we were there!
O that we were there!
Ubi sunt gaudia,
if that they be not there?
There are angels singing
Nova cantica,
And there the bells are ringing
In Regis curia:
O that we were there,
O that we were there.
In Dulci Jubilo
In dulci jubilo
Let us our homage show;
Our heart's joy reclineth in praesepio
And like a bright star shineth,
Matris in gremio.
Alpha es et O,
Alpha es et O.