Original Text
Quem vidistis, pastores, dicite,
annunciate nobis, in terris quis apparuit?
Natum vidimus et choros angelorum
collaudantes Domino.
Mariam et Joseph vidimus,
in terra stratos supplices
et ratum carum pariter adorantes humiliter,
gratia Deo, qui dedit nobis victoriam
per Jesum Christum, salvatorem nostrum.
O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
jacentem in præsepio.
Alleluia! |
English Translation
Whom did you see, shepherds, tell us,
proclaim to us: who has appeared on the earth?
We saw the newborn child and choirs of angels
praising the Lord.
We see Mary and Joseph,
prostrate suppliants upon the earth
and in humble adoration:
thanks be to God, who delivered to us victory
through Jesus Christ, our savior.
O great mystery
and wondrous sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord
lying in their manger.
Alleluia! |
