Text: | Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful) |
Author (attributed to): | John Francis Wade |
Translator: | Frederick Oakely |
Tune: | ADESTE FIDELES |
1 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come now, O come now to Bethlehem.
Come and behold the ruler of all angels;
Refrain:
O come in adoration,
O come in adoration,
O come in adoration: Christ is Lord!
2 God of true God, Light of true Light
born of the Virgin’s womb in human form;
Truly our God, begotten, not created: [Refrain]
3 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
sing, all you messengers of heavenly love:
“Glory to God, all glory in the highest:” [Refrain]
4 Amen, Lord, we greet you, born this happy morning;
Jesus to you shall all glory be given;
Word of our God now in flesh appearing; [Refrain]
Latin -
1 Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes;
venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte Regem angelorum.
Refrain:
Venite, adoremus, venite, adoremus,
venite, adoremus, Dominum.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Adeste, fideles (O come, all you faithful) |
Title: | Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful) |
Latin Title: | Adeste Fideles |
Translator: | Frederick Oakely (1841, alt.) |
Author (attributed to): | John Francis Wade |
Refrain First Line: | Venite adoremus (O come in adoration) |
Meter: | Irr. with refrain |
Language: | Latin, English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Christmas; Jesus Christ: Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ: Divinity |
Source: | Latin, 18th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ADESTE FIDELES |
Meter: | Irr. with refrain |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | English Melody, 18th century; John F. Wade's Cantus Diversi, c. 1743; Harm. Collections of Motets or Antiphons, 1792 |