| In dulci jubilo, | Let shouts of joy ascend! |
| Nun singet und seid froh! | Your voices gladly blend! | |
| Unsers Herzens Wonne liegt | For our heart's desire | |
| in praesepio, | Did to a trough descend, | |
| Und leuchtet als die Sonne | Like sunlight's shining fire, | |
| Matris in gremio, | In mother's lap our Friend, | |
| Alpha es et O! | He the start and end! | |
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| O Jesu parvule | O Jesus, small and new, | |
| Nach dir ist mir so weh! | I suffer, lacking you! | |
| Tröst' mir mein Gemüte | Come and easy my aching, | |
| O puer optime | O Baby, best who grew, | |
| Durch alle deine Güte | In kindness comfort making, | |
| O princeps gloriae. | O Prince of glory true. | |
| Trahe me post te! | Draw me there to you! | |
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| O Patris caritas! | O Father's loving care! | |
| O Nati lenitas! | O gentle Baby rare! | |
| Wir wären all verloren | Surely sin had chained us, | |
| Per nostra crimina | In all the ways we err. | |
| So hat er uns erworben | But out of love you gained us | |
| Coelorum gaudia | The joys of Heaven fair. | |
| Eia, wären wir da! | Oh, we wish we were there! | |
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| Ubi sunt gaudia? | Where is gladness, where? | |
| Nirgend mehr denn da! | No place more than there! | |
| Da die Engel singen | Angels there are singing | |
| Nova cantica, | New-made songs in prayer, | |
| Und die Schellen klingen | And the bells are ringing | |
| In regis curia. | With King and court to share. | |
| Eia, wären wir da! | Oh, we wish we were there! | |
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| Heinrich Suso | Carol Anne Perry Lagemann | |