In Dulci Jubilo

In Dulci Jubilo
In dulci jubilo, let us our homage show;
Our heart's joy reclineth in praesepio
And like a bright star shineth, Matris in gremio.
Alpha es et O, Alpha es et O.
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! Trahe me post te!

O Patris caritas, O Nati lenitas!
Deeply were we stained Per nostra crimina;
But thou hast for us gained Coelorum gaudia.
O that we were there! O that we were there!
Ubi sunt gaudia, if that they be not 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!