In dulci jubilo Let us our homage show; Our heart's joy reclineth in praesepio And like a bright star shineth, Matris in gremio. Alpha es et O, Alpha es et O. O Jesu parvule! I yearn for thee alway! Hear me, I beseech thee, O puer optime! My prayer let it reach thee, O Princeps gloriae! Trahe me post te! Trahe me post te! O Patris caritas, O Nati lenitas! Deeply were we stained Per nostra crimina; But thou hast for us gained Coelorum gaudia. O that we were there! O that we were there! Ubi sunt gaudia, if that they be not there? There are angels singing - Nova cantica, And there the bells are ringing In Regis curia: O that we were there, O that we were there. In dulci jubilo Let us our homage show; Our heart's joy reclineth in praesepio And like a bright star shineth, Matris in gremio. Alpha es et O, Alpha es et O.