Hunc astra, tellus, aequora,
Hunc omne, quod cœlo subest,
Salutis Auctorem novæ
Novo salutat cantico.
O day to which the seas and sky,
And earth and heaven, glad welcome sing;
O day which healed our misery,
And brought on earth Salvation's King!
Et nos, beata quos sacri
Rigavit unda sanguinis,
Natalis ob diem tui
Hymni tributum solvimus.
We too, O Lord, who have been cleansed
In Thy own fount of bloom divine.
Offer the tribute of sweet song
On this blest natal day of Thine.
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui natus es de Virgine,
Cum Patre et almo Spiritu,
In sempiterna sæcula.
Amen.
Jesu! born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally.
Amen.
12.
CHRISTMASTIDE.
ADESTE, fideles,
Læeti triumphantes;
Venite, venite in Bethlehem;
Natum videte
Regem Angelorum;
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus Dominum.
YE faithful, approach ye
Joyfully triumphing;
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold ye
Born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
Deum de Deo,
Lumen de Lumine,
Gestant puellæ viscera:
Deum verum,
Genitum non factum:
Venite adoremus, etc.
God of God eternal;
Light from light proceeding;
Lo, He deigns in the Virgin's womb to lie.
Very God, yea,
Not made but begotten:
O come, let us adore, etc.
