Hymnus
Veni, redémptor géntium, osténde partum Vírginis; mirétur omne sæculum: talis decet partus Deum.
O COME, Redeemer of the earth, and manifest thy virgin-birth. Let every age in wonder fall: such birth befits the God of all.
Non ex viríli sémine, sed mystico spirámine Verbum Dei factum est caro fructúsque ventris flóruit.
Begotten of no human will but of the Spirit, Thou art still the Word of God in flesh arrayed, the promised fruit to man displayed.
Alvus tuméscit Vírginis, claustrum pudóris pérmanet, vexílla virtútum micant, versátur in templo Deus.
The Virgin's womb that burden gained, its virgin honor still unstained. The banners there of virtue glow; God in his temple dwells below.
Procédat e thálamo suo, pudóris aula régia, géminæ gigas substántiæ alácris ut currat viam.
Proceeding from His chamber free that royal home of purity a giant in twofold substance one, rejoicing now His course to run.
Æquális ætérno Patri, carnis tropæo cíngere, infírma nostri córporis virtúte firmans pérpeti.
O equal to the Father, Thou! gird on Thy fleshly mantle now; the weakness of our mortal state with deathless might invigorate.
Præsépe iam fulget tuum luménque nox spirat novum, quod nulla nox intérpolet fidéque iugi lúceat.
Thy cradle here shall glitter bright, and darkness breathe a newer light where endless faith shall shine serene and twilight never intervene.
Sit, Christe, rex piíssime, tibi Patríque glória cum Spíritu Paráclito, in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee, whose advent sets Thy people free, whom, with the Father, we adore, and Holy Ghost, for evermore. Amen.
