The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14234

14234. Adeste Fideles

1 Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes;
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte, Regem angelorum:

Refrain:
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus, Dominum.

2 Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
Gestant puellae viscera
Deum verum, genitum non factum: [Refrain]

3 Cantet nunc io chorus angelorum
Cantet nunc aula caelestium:
Gloria in excelsis Deo: [Refrain]

4 Ergo qui natus, die hodierna
Jesu, tibi sit gloria
Patris aeterni Verbum caro factum: [Refrain]

Verses said to be written by Abbè Étienne Jean François Borderies (1785-1832) and printed in the "Office de St. Omer" (1822):

En grege relicto, Humiles ad cunas
Vocati pastores approperant;
Et nos ovanti gradu festinemus. [Refrain]

Aeterni Parentis splendorem aeternum
Velatum sub carne videbimus,
Deum infantem, pannis involutum [Refrain]

Pro nobis egenum Et foeno cubantem,
Piis foveamus amplexibus;
Sic nos anamtem quis non redamaret? [Refrain]

Pro nobis egenum et foeno cubantem
Piis foveamus amplexibus;
Sic nos amantem quis non redamaret? [Refrain]

A mid-19th Century verse of unknown authorship:

Stella duce, Magi, Christum adorantes,
Aurum, thus, et myrrham dant munera;
Jesu infanti corda praebeamus.

Text Information

• First Line: Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes
• Title: Adeste Fideles
• Author: John F. Wade (circa 1743)
• Refrain First Line: Venite adoremus, venite adoremus
• Language: Latin
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes]
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Attributed variously to John Wade, John REading, or Simao Portgallo