On This Day Earth Shall Ring Lyrics
English Lyrics
1. On this day earth shall ring
with the song children sing
to the Lord, Christ our King,
born on earth to save us;
him the Father gave us.
Sing to Christ our Lord, Sing to Christ our King,
Sing a loud: “Gloria in excelsis Deo!”
2. His the doom, ours the mirth;
when he came down to earth,
Bethlehem saw his birth;
ox and ass beside him
from the cold would hide him.
Refrain
3. God’s bright star, o’er his head,
Wise Men three to him led;
kneel they low by his bed,
lay their gifts before him,
praise him and adore him.
Refrain
4. On this day angels sing;
with their song earth shall ring,
praising Christ, heaven’s King,
born on earth to save us;
peace and love he gave us.
Refrain
latin Lyrics
1. Personent hodie
voces puerulae,
laudantes iucunde
qui nobis est natus,
summo Deo datus,
et de virgineo ventre procreatus.
2. In mundo nascitur,
pannis involvitur
praesepi ponitur
stabulo brutorum,
rector supernorum.
perdidit spolia princeps infernorum.
3. Magi tres venerunt,
parvulum inquirunt,
Bethlehem adeunt,
stellulam sequendo,
ipsum adorando,
aurum, thus, et myrrham ei offerendo.
4. Omnes clericuli,
pariter pueri,
cantent ut angeli:
advenisti mundo,
laudes tibi fundo.
ideo gloria in excelsis Deo.
- Meter: 666 66 and Refrain
- Lyricist: Unknown Personent hodie published in Piae Cantiones (1582), translated from the Latin by Jane M. Joseph (1894-1929). Public Domain.
On This Day Earth Shall Ring Recording
- Tune:
- Personent Hodie (1390), by an anonymous 14th century composer, published in Piae Cantiones (1582), arranged by Gustav Theodore Holst (1874 – 1934). Public Domain
- Performance ℗ 2021 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved.
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