Text by Heinrich Seuse
In dulci jubilo
Let us our homage show
Our heart's joy reclineth
In praesepio
And like a bright star shineth
Matris in gremio
Alpha est et O
Alpha est et O
O Jesu parvule
I yearn for thee alway
Hear me, I beseech thee
O puer optime
My prayer let it reach thee
O Princeps gloriae
Trahe me post te
Trahe me post te
O Patris caritas
O nati lenitas
Deeply were we stained
Per nostra crimina
But Thou for us has gained
Caelorum gaudia
O that we were there
O that we were there
Ubi sunt gaudia
In any place but there
There are angels singing
In Nova Cantica
And there the bells are ringing
In regis curia
O that we were there
O that we were there
"In Dulci Jubilo" è un canto natalizio tradizionale tedesco, risalente al Medioevo. Il testo originale, un'alternanza tra tedesco medievale e latino, venne probabilmente scritto dal mistico Heinrich Seuse intorno al 1328.
