Words: Veni, Redemptor Gentium, Ambrose of Milan, circa 397;
Translated by William Reynolds, 1850
Compare: O Thou Redeemer of Our Race
Come Thou Redeemer Of The Earth
Come, Thou Redeemer Of The Earth - Version 2

1. Come, Thou Savior of our race,
Choicest Gift of heav'nly grace!
O Thou blessed Virgin's Son,
Be Thy race on earth begun.

2. Not of mortal blood or birth,
He descends from heaven to earth:
By the Holy Ghost conceived,
Truly man to be believed.

3. Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child
Of the virgin, undefiled!
Though by all the world disowned,
Still to be in heaven enthroned.

4. From the Father forth He came,
And returneth to the same;
Captive leading death and hell,
High the song of triumph swell.

5. Equal to the Father now,
Though to dust Thou once didst bow;
Boundless shall Thy kingdom be;
When shall we its glories see?

6. Brightly doth Thy manger shine!
Glorious is its light divine:
Let not sin o'er cloud this light,
Ever be our faith thus bright.