O ter fæcundas
For Christmas
Words From Trench's Sacred Latin Poetry
Translation: Thrice Joyful Night
Music: From Barnby, Vol. II
Source: J. H. Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), #52, p. 83.
1. O ter fæcundas, O ter juncundas
Beatæ noctis delicias,
Quæ suspirantes e clo datas
In terris paris delicias!
2. Gravem primævæ ob lapsum Evæ
Dum jamjam mundus emoritur,
In carne meus, ut vivat, Deus,
Sol vitæ, mundo suboritur.
3. Æternum Lumen, immensum Numen
Pannorum vinculis stringitur;
In vila caulâ, exclusus aulâ,
Rex cli bestiis congitur.
4. In cunis jacet, et infans tacet
Verbum, quod loquitur omnia;
Sol mundi friget, et flamma riget;
Quid sibi volunt hæc omnia?
Sheet Music from J. H. Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), #52, p. 83.
