In dulci jubilo (In quiet joy) Let us our homage show; Our heart's joy reclineth In praesepio (Lies in a manger) And like a bright star shineth Matris in gremio (in the mother's lap) Alpha es et O! (Alpha and Omega!)
O Jesu parvule! (O tiny Jesus!) I yearn for thee alway! Hear me, I beseech thee, O puer optime! (O best of boys!) My prayer let it reach thee, O princeps gloriae! (O Prince of Glory!) Trahe me post te! (Draw me after thee!)
O patris caritas! (O love of the father!) O Nati lenitas! (O gentleness of the Son!) Deeply were we stained Per nostra crimina; (Through our sins;) But thou hast for us gained Coelerum gaudia. (The joy of heaven) O that we were there!
Ubi sunt gaudia, (Where are joys,) Where, if that they be not there? There are angels singing Nova cantica, (New songs,) There the bells are ringing In Regis curia: (In the King's court:) O that we were there!