Description: | 1832 Van Dam organ (3 manuals, 29 ranks) from the Dutch town of Tholen, recorded by Voxus Organs for Hauptwerk.
Christmas Hymn based upon a Latin text. Also translated as "Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem".
1 Puer natus in Bethlehem,
unde gaudet Jerusalem.
Hallejuah.
[1. The Child is born in Bethlehem,
Rejoice and sing, Jerusalem! Alleluia.]
2 Hie jacet in praesepio,
que fegnat sine termino.
Hallejuah.
[2. Low in the manger lieth He,
Whose reign no bound or end can see. Alleluia.]
3 Cognovit bos et asinus, asinus,
quod puer erat Dominus.
Hallejuah.
[3. The ox and ass their Owner know,
And own their Lord thus stooping low. Alleluia.]
4 Reges de Saba veniunt,
auram, thus, myrrhum oferunt.
Hallejuah.
[4. Kings coming from the furthest East,
Bring gold, frankincense, myrrh to Christ. Alleluia.]
5 De matre natus virgine, virgine,
sine virili semine.
Hallejuah.
[5. That lowly dwelling entering,
They humbly greet the new-born King. Alleluia.]
6 Sine serpentis vulnere, vulnere,
de nostro venit sanguime.
Halle-Hallejuah.
[6. Born of a virgin mother mild,
Seed of the woman, wondrous Child. Alleluia.]
7 In carne nobis similis, similis,
peccato sed dissimilis. Hallejuah.
[7. Born of our blood, without the sin,
No serpent's venom left therein. Alleluia.]
8 Ut redderet nos homines, homines,
Deo et sibi similes.
Hallejuah.
[8. Like us, in flesh of human frame,
Unlike in sin alone, He came: Alleluia.]
9 In hoc natali gaudio, gaudio,
benedicamus Domin.
Hallejuah.
[9. That He might make us, sinful men,
Like God, and like Himself again. Alleluia.] |