In Dulci Jubilo (Pearsall)

See also the German Original: In Dulci Jubilo (German)

1. In dulci jubilo
Let us our homage shew:
Our heart's joy reclineth
In praesepio;
And like a bright star shineth
Matris in gremio,
Alpha es et O!

2. 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.

3. O patris caritas!
O Nati lenitas!
Deeply were we stained
Per nostra crimina:
But thou has for us gained
Coelorum gaudia,
O that we were there!

4. Ubi sunt gaudia,
If they be not there?
There are Angels singing
Nova cantica;
And there the bells are ringing
In Regis curia.
O that we were there!

There are Angels singing
And there the bells are ringing
In Regis curia.
O that we were there!

Historical Information

See also the German Original: In Dulci Jubilo (German)

Words: attributed to Heinrich Seuse (14th c.), trans. Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1837)
Music: 15th c.