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Puer natus: Ein Kind geborn

Original Text

English Translation

Puer natus in Bethlehem;
unde gaudet Jerusalem.
Alleluia!
Singet, jubiliret, triumphiret
unserm Herren dem König der Ehren.

Reges de Saba veniunt;
aurum, thus, myrrham offerunt.
Alleluia!
Singet,...

Hic jacet in praesepio
qui regnat sine termino.
Alleluia!
Singet,...

Mein Herzenskindlein,
mein liebstes Freundlein, o Jesu.

De matre natus virgine
sine virili femine.
Alleluia!

Sine serpentis vulnere,
De nostro venit sanguine.
Alleluia!

In hoc natali gaudio,
benedicamus Domino.
Alleluia!
Singet,...

Laudetur sancta Trinitas,
Deo dicamus gratias.
Alleluia!
Singet,...

Mein Herzens...

A child is born in Bethlehem;
therefore Jerusalem rejoices.
Alleluia!
Sing songs of joy and triumph
to our Lord the king of glory.

Kings come from Sheba,
and offer gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Alleluja!
Sing...

Here lies in a manger
the one who reigns without end.
Alleluja!
Sing...

My heart’s little child,
my dearest little friend, O Jesus.

Born of a virgin mother,
a woman without a man.
Alleluia!

Without the serpent's wound
he comes, (yet) of our blood.
Alleluia!

In joy at his birth
let us bless the Lord.
Alleluja!
Sing...

And may the holy Trinity be praised,
(and) let us give thanks to God.
Alleluia!
Sing...

My heart’s...

This piece was performed by the SFBC in A Candlelight Christmas on December 6, 2003.