ADESTE FIDELES
1. Adeste, fideles,
Laeti, triumphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte
Regem Angelorum.
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Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Dominum.
2. Deum de Deo,
Lumen de Lumine,
Gestant puellae viscera,
Deum verum,
Genitum non factum.
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3. En grege relicto,
Humiles ad cunas
Vocati pastores appropriant;
Et nos ovanti
Gradu festinemus;
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4. Stella duce, Magi
Christum adorantes
Aurum, thus et myrrham dant munera.
Jesu infanti
Corda praebeamus;
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5. Pro nobis erenum
Et foeno cubantem,
Piis foveamus amplexibus.
Sic nos amantem
Quis non redamaret?
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6. Cantet nunc "Io!"
Chorus angelorum;
Cantet nunc aula caelestium:
"Gloria
In excelsis Deo!"
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7. Ergo qui natus
Die hodierna
Jesu tibi sit gloria
Patris aeterni
Verbum caro factum
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| | O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
1. O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O Come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of angels.
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O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
2. God of God,
Light of Light,
Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb;
Very God
Begotten, not created.
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3. See how the shepherds,
Summoned to His cradle,
Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;
We too will thither
Bend our hearts' oblations.
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4. Lo, star-led chieftains,
Magi, Christ adoring,
Offer him incense, gold, and myrrh;
We to the Christ-child
Bring our hearts' oblations.
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5. Child, for us sinners,
Poor and in the manger,
Fain we embrace thee with love and awe;
Who would not love Thee,
Loving us so dearly?
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6. Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation;
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God,
In the highest;
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7. Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing.
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English Sources:
verses 1, 2, 6, 7 translated by F. Oakeley (1802-1880), adapted
verses 3, 4, 5 translated by W.T. Brooke (1848-1917), adapted.
Latin Sources:
verses 1, 2, 6, 7 - anonymous (eighteenth century)
verses 3, 5 - Abbé E.J.F. (de) Borderies (1764-1832)
verse 4 - anonymous (nineteenth century)
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