In Dulce 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.
 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.