In composing a post to one of the macaronic-songtext threads it came to my astounded attention that neither the DT nor the Forum appears to contain "In dulci jubilo", the famous ca.-14th-century Latin-German Christmas carol.

The following are the first four stanzas of the macaronic version given by ingeb.org, which it oddly seems to ascribe to Peter von Dresden (1440) and also labels "Middel-Nederlands"! (Even though the German parts are clearly modern German.) The traditional (legendary) ascription is to Henry Suso, which would put it nearly a century earlier.

I think the traditional tune is also anonymous; there are a number of famous settings, including one by Bach.

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In dulci jubilo
(Latin-German version, modernized)
Anonymous

1. In dulci jubilo,
   Nun singet und seid froh!
   Alle unsre Wonne
   Liegt in praesepio
   Sie leuchtet wie die Sonne
   Matris in gremio
   |: Alpha es et O. :|


2. O Jesu parvule,
   Nach Dir ist mir so weh.
   Tröst mir mein Gemüte,
   O puer optime,
   Durch all Deine Güte,
   O princeps gloriae.
   |: Trahe me post te. :|


3. O Patris charitas!
   O Nati lenitas!
   Wir wären all verloren,
   Per nostra crimina,
   So hat er uns erworben
   Coelorum gaudia.
   |: Quanta gratia! :|


4. Ubi sunt gaudia?
   Nirgend mehr denn da,
   Wo die Engel singen
   Nova cantica,
   Und die Harfen klingen
   In regis curia.
   |: Eia, wär'n wir da! :|

I've got to run across the street and check on things at work right now, but I'll post more on this later today.

Haruo