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Text:In dulci jubilo
Translator:Martin L. Seltz, 1909-67
Tune:IN DULCI JUBILO

714. In dulci jubilo

1 In dulci jubilo
Sing "Alleluia," lo!
See our Joy reclining
Here in praesepio!
Heaven's Sun is shining
Matris in gremio.
Alpha es et o!
Alpha es et o!

2 O Jesu parvule,
For thee I long alway!
Heal my heart and spirit,
O puer optime,
Through thy saving merit,
O priceps gloriae,
Trahe me post te!
Trahe me post te!

3 O Patris caritas!
O Nati lenitas!
Sin our soul was staining
Per nostra crimina,
Came the Christ regaining
Caelorum gaudia.
O that we were there!
O that we were there!

4 Ubi sunt gaudia?
Where else but here on high,
Where the angels, singing
Nova cantica,
Joyous bells are ringing
In Regis curia?
O that we were there!
O that we were there!

Text Information
First Line: In dulci jubilo
Title: In dulci jubilo
Translator: Martin L. Seltz, 1909-67
Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 5. 5
Language: English
Publication Date: 1969
Topic: The Christian Year: Christmastide
Source: 14th-century Latin-German macaronic carol
Notes: German: In dulci jubilo (macaronic). - Latin: In dulci jubilo (macaronic)
Tune Information
Name: IN DULCI JUBILO
Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 5. 5
Key: F Major
Source: Geistiche Lieder (Wittenberg, Germany: 1535)



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