81. In Dulci Jubilo

1 In dulci jubilo
Now sing with hearts aglow!
Our delight and pleasure
Lies in praesepio,
Like sunshine is our treasure
Matris in gremio.
Alpha es et O!
Alpha es et O!

2 O Jesu parvule,
For thee I long alway;
Comfort my heart's blindness,
O puer optime,
With all thy loving-kindness,
O princeps gloria.
Trahe me post te!
Trahe me post te!

3 O Patris caritas!
O Nati lenitas!
Deeply were we stained
Per nostra crimina;
But thou for us hast gained
Coelorum gaudia.
O that we were there!
O that we were there!

4 Ubi sunt gaudia
In any place but 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!

Text Information
First Line: In dulci jubilo
Title: In Dulci Jubilo
Translator: Percy Dearmer (1928)
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Angels; Christmas; Comfort (5 more...)
Source: German, 14th century
Tune Information
Name: IN DULCI JUBILO
Harmonizer: Bartholomäus Gesius (1601)
Key: F Major
Source: German, 14th century



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