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JESU, Redemptor omnium,
Quem lucis ante originem
Parem paternæ gloriæ
Pater supremus edidit:
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JESU! Redeemer of the world!
Who, ere the earliest dawn of light,
Wast from eternal ages born,
Immense in glory as in might:
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Tu lumen et splendor Patris,
Tu spes perennis omnium,
Intende quas fundunt preces
Tui per orbem servuli.
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Immortal Hope of all mankind!
In whom the Father's face we see,
Hear Thou the prayers Thy people pour
This day throughout the world to Thee.
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Memento, rerum Conditor,
Nostri quod olim corporis,
Sacrata ab alvo Virginis
Nascendo, formam sumpseris.
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Remember, O Creator Lord!
That in the Virgin's sacred womb
Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.
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Testatur hoc præsens dies,
Currens per anni circulum,
Quod solus e sinu Patris
Mundi salus adveneris.
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This ever-blest recurring day
Its witness bears that all alone,
From Thy own Father's bosom forth,
To save the world Thou camest down.
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Hunc astra, tellus, aequora,
Hunc omne, quod cœlo subest,
Salutis Auctorem novæ
Novo salutat cantico.
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O day to which the seas and sky,
And earth and heaven, glad welcome sing;
O day which healed our misery,
And brought on earth Salvation's King!
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Et nos, beata quos sacri
Rigavit unda sanguinis,
Natalis ob diem tui
Hymni tributum solvimus.
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We too, O Lord, who have been cleansed
In Thy own fount of bloom divine.
Offer the tribute of sweet song
On this blest natal day of Thine.
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Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui natus es de Virgine,
Cum Patre et almo Spiritu,
In sempiterna sæcula.
Amen.
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Jesu! born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally.
Amen.
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