Text: | O Come, All Ye Faithful |
Author (st. 1, 2, 3, and 5): | John Francis Wade (1711-1786) |
Author (st. 4): | Étienne-Jean-François Borderies |
Translator (st. 1, 2, 3, and 5): | Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880) |
Translator (st. 4, 5a): | William T. Brooke (1848-1917) |
Tune: | ADESTE FIDELES |
Composer (atl. harm. and descant): | David Willcocks (1919-) |
Composer (attributed to): | John Francis Wade (1711-1786) |
1 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem;
come and behold him, born the King of angels;
Refrain:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
2 God of God, Light of Light,
lo, he abhors not the virgin's womb;
very God, begotten not created: [Refrain]
3 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
glory to God, glory in the highest: [Refrain]
4 See how the shepherds, summoned to his cradle,
leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear;
we too will thither bend our joyful footsteps; [Refrain]
[For Christmas]
5 Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning,
Jesus, to thee be glory given;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing: [Refrain]
[For Epiphany]
5a Led by the starlight, Magi, Christ adoring,
offer him incense, gold, and myrrh;
we to the Christ-child bring our hearts' oblations. [Refrain]
Latin:
1 Adeste, fideles,Laeti triumphantes,
venite, venite in Bethlehem:
natum videte tegem angelorum.
venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus, Dominum.
2 Deum de Deo,lumen de lumine,
parturit virgo mater,
Deum verum, genitum, non factum.
venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus, Dominum.
3 Cantet nunc hymnos chorus angelorum;
Cantet nunc aula caelestium:
gloria in excelsis Deo!
venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus, Dominum.
4 En grege relicto, humiles ad cunas
vocati pastores approperant:
et nos ovanti gradu festinemus;
venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus, Dominum.
[For Christmas:]
5 Ergo qui natus die hodierna
Jesu, tibi sit gloria:
Patris aeterni verbum caro factum
venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus, Dominum.
[For Epiphany:]
5a Stella duce, Magi, Christum adorantes,
aurum, thus, et myrrham dant munera;
Jesu infanti corda praebeamus;
venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus, Dominum.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O come, all ye faithful |
Title: | O Come, All Ye Faithful |
Author (st. 1, 2, 3, and 5): | John Francis Wade (1711-1786) |
Translator (st. 1, 2, 3, and 5): | Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880) |
Author (st. 4): | Étienne-Jean-François Borderies (1822) |
Translator (st. 4, 5a): | William T. Brooke (1848-1917) |
Refrain First Line: | O come, let us adore him |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English; Latin |
Publication Date: | 1998 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christmas; Epiphany (feast) |
Source: | Thesaurus Animae Christianae, 1850?, st. 5a |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ADESTE FIDELES |
Composer (attributed to): | John Francis Wade (1711-1786) (alt.) |
Composer (atl. harm. and descant): | David Willcocks (1919-) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Altern. ref. setting © 1961 Oxford University Press |