Verbum caro factum est: Y la Virgin le dezia By: Anonymous

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Singable Translation PDF By: Carol Anne Perry Lagemann (CC BY SA 4.0)

Info

Number of Voices: 4
Voicings: STTB , STBB , ATTB , ATBB
Date: 16th century
Language: Latin , Spanish
Tags: holiday villancico translation religious Mary Cancionero de Upsala

Lyrics

Lyrics Direct Translation Poetic Translation
Verbum caro factum est The Word is made flesh Now the Word has been made flesh
Porque todos os salvéis. So that all may be saved. So that you may all be saved.
Y la Virgen le dezía: And the Virgin said to him: Hear the Virgin Mother sighing:
Vida de la vida mia, Life of my life, "Life of my own life here lying,
Hijo mio, ¿qué os haría, My son, What should I do Son, how can I calm your crying
Que no tengo en qué os echéis? For I have no clothes with which to clothe you? With no clothes, whose warmth you crave?"
O riquezas terrenales, O rich of this world, You with all your earthly riches,
¿No daréis unos pañales Will you not give some swaddling clothes Won't you give a few small stitches
A Jesu que entre animales To Jesus, who among the animals To the babe in barns and ditches,
Es nasçido según véis? Is born, as you see? Born with beasts, who sins forgave?
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