The Hymns and Carols of Christmas

Dulce fit nobis memoráre parvum

For the Officium lectionis on The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Sanctæ Familiæ Iesu, Mariæ et Ioseph)

Source: Liturgia Horarum (The Liturgy of the Hours)

 HYMNUS

1 Dulce fit nobis memoráre parvum
Názaræ tectum tenuémque cultum;
éxpedit Iesu tácitam reférre
cármine vitam.

2 Arte qua Ioseph húmili excoléndus,
ábdito Iesus iuvenéscit ævo,
seque fabrílis sócium labóris
ádicit ultro.

3 Assidet nato pia mater almo,
ássidet sponso bona nupta, felix
si potest curas releváre lassis
múnere amíco.

4 O neque expértes óperæ et labóris,
nec mali ignári, míseros iuváte;
quotquot implórant cólumen, benígno
cérnite vultu.

5 Sit tibi, Iesu, decus atque virtus,
sancta qui vitæ documénta præbes,
quique cum summo Genitóre et almo
Flámine regnas. Amen.

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