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We three kings of orient are
– In orientali eius plaga sunt
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
– Munera ferens et longe fuerant
Field and fountain
– Agrum et fontem
Moor and mountain
– V cumque descendisset de monte
Following yonder star
– Suivant enregistrez vous
O star of wonder, star of night
– O stella admirari, stella noctis
Star with royal beauty bright
– Regia stella clara pulchritudinem
Westward leading, still proceeding
– Ad occidentem ducens, adhuc procedens
Guide us to thy perfect light
– Et deducis ad portas mortis et reducis
Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
– Natus Est Rex in campo Bethleem
Gold I bring to crown Him again
– Aurum ad coronam eum iterum
King for ever, ceasing never
– Rex in aeternum, numquam cessans
Over us all to reign
– Per nos omnes regem
O star of wonder, star of night
– O stella admirari, stella noctis
Star with royal beauty bright
– Regia stella clara pulchritudinem
Westward leading, still proceeding
– Ad occidentem ducens, adhuc procedens
Guide us to thy perfect light
– Et deducis ad portas mortis et reducis
Frankincense to offer have I
– Thure offerre habeo
Incense owns a Deity nigh
– Incensum habet numen prope
Prayer and praising, all men raising
– Capitula et orationes [ut supra].
Worship Him, God most high
– In se habitabat Deus; apud te habitat, et apud se Est.
O star of wonder, star of night
– O stella admirari, stella noctis
Star with royal beauty bright
– Regia stella clara pulchritudinem
Westward leading, still proceeding
– Ad occidentem ducens, adhuc procedens
Guide us to thy perfect light
– Et deducis ad portas mortis et reducis
Myrrh is mine
– Arcana mea mea sunt
Its bitter perfume breathes
– Unguentum eius amarum spirat
A life of gathering gloom
– Un sofferto addio
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
– Dolens, gemitus, sanguinem, mori
Sealed in the stone cold tomb
– Signatum lapis frigus sepulcrum
O star of wonder, star of night
– O stella admirari, stella noctis
Star with royal beauty bright
– Regia stella clara pulchritudinem
Westward leading, still proceeding
– Ad occidentem ducens, adhuc procedens
Guide us to thy perfect light
– Et deducis ad portas mortis et reducis
Glorious now behold Him arise
– Gloriosus nunc ecce Surge
King and God and Sacrifice!
– O rex et Deus et sacrificium!
Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia
– Et ante orationem praemissa salutatione cum dicitur [ori] dominus vobiscum dicatur [ori] oremus
Heaven to earth replies
– Caelum terrae respondet
O star of wonder, star of night
– O stella admirari, stella noctis
Star with royal beauty bright
– Regia stella clara pulchritudinem
Westward leading, still proceeding
– Ad occidentem ducens, adhuc procedens
Guide us to thy perfect light
– Et deducis ad portas mortis et reducis
