A Patre Unigenitus
Carl Rütti
A Patre Unigenitus
Is through a maiden come to us.
Sing we of him and say ‘Welcome!
Veni, Redemptor gencium’. Eya!
Agnoscat omne seculum
A bright star made three kings to come
Him for to seek with their presents,
Verbum supernum prodiens. Eya!
A solis ortus cardine
So mighty a Lord is None as he,
And to our kind he hath him knit,
Adam parens quod polluit.
Make we joy now in this fest
In quo Christus natus est. Eya!
Maria ventre concepit,
The Holy Ghost was aye her with.
In Bethlehem born he is,
Consors Paterni luminis.
Make we joy now in this fest
In quo Christus natus est. Eya!
O lux beata Trinitas!
He lay between an ox and ass,
Beside His mother maiden free:
Gloria tibi, Domine!
Words: 15th century
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Carl Rütti (b.1949)