Adeste Fideles: Oh Come All Ye
Faithful
Adeste Fideles: Oh Come All Ye
Faithful
Original Latin, 9th C. Adeste, fideles,
Laeti triumphantes;
Venite, venite in Bethlehem;
Natum videte
Regem angelorum:
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Dominum.
Deum de Deo,
Lumen de lumine,
Gestant puellae viscera;
Deum verum,
Genitum, non factum:
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Dominum.
Cantet nunc Io!
Chorus angelorum,
Cantet nunc aula caelestium.
Gloria, gloria,
In excelsis Deo!
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Dominum.
Ergo qui natus
Die hodierna,
Jesu, tibi sit gloria;
Patris aeterne
Verbum caro factum!
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Dominum.J. E. Wade, c. 1711–1786; trans. Frederick Oakeley, 1802–1880
O come all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him,
Born the King of angels.
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
God of God,
Light of Light,
Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb;
Very God,
Begotten not created.
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above,
Glory to God
In the highest.
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning,
Jesu, to thee be glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.