| Verbum patris humanatur, O, O! | Now the Word in flesh is seated, O! O! |
| Dum puella salutatur, O, O! | Changing when a girl was greeted, O! O! | |
| Salutata fecundatur | And conception was completed | |
| Viri nescia. | With no man to use. | |
| Ey, ey, eya, nova gaudia! | Hey! Hey! Heya! Hear the joyous news! | |
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| Novus modus geniture, O, O! | It's a manner of formation, O! O! | |
| Sed excedens vim nature, O, O! | Flouting nature's might and station, O! O! | |
| Dum unitur creature | In Creator and creation | |
| Creans omnia. | One is made of two. | |
| Ey, ey, eya, nova gaudia! | Hey! Hey! Heya! Hear the joyous news! | |
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| Audi partem preter morem, O, O! | Nothing like before or later, O! O! | |
| Virgo parit salvatorem, O, O! | For a maid has borne the Savior, O! O! | |
| Creatura creatorem, | And a creature the Creator, | |
| Patrem filia. | Child the Father, too: | |
| Ey, ey, eya, nova gaudia! | Hey! Hey! Heya! Hear the joyous news! | |
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| In parente salvatoris, O, O! | In the Savior's birth inherent, O! O! | |
| Non est parens nostri moris, O, O! | There's no kind of earthly parent, O! O! | |
| Virgo parit, nec pudoris | For to nature's course aberrant, | |
| Marcent lilia. | She as maid is true. | |
| Ey, ey, eya, nova gaudia! | Hey! Hey! Heya! Hear the joyous news! | |
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| Homo Deus nobis datur, O, O! | God-made-man to us is given, O! O! | |
| Datus nobis demonstratur, O, O! | Showing us that we're forgiven, O! O! | |
| Dum pax terris nuntiatur, | And the peace and love of Heaven | |
| Celis gloria. | Will the earth suffuse. | |
| Ey, ey, eya, nova gaudia! | Hey! Hey! Heya! Hear the joyous news! | |
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| Walter of Châtillon | Carol Anne Perry Lagemann | |