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Prosa In Nativitáte Dómini (Adeste Fideles)

John Francis Wade

Adeste Fideles laeti triumphantes,
Veníte, veníte in Bethlehem.
Natum vidéte, Regem Angelorum:

        Veníte adoremus,
        Veníte adoremus
        Veníte adoremus Dóminum

Deum de Deo, lumen de lúmine,
gestant puellae viscera
Deum verum, genitum non factum:

    Veníte adoremus,
    Veníte adoremus
    Veníte adoremus Dóminum

Cantet nunc io chorus Angelórum
cantet nunc aula caelestium:
Gloria in excelsis Deo:

    Veníte adoremus,
    Veníte adoremus
    Veníte adoremus Dóminum

Ergo qui natus, die hodierna
Jesu, tibi sit glória
Patris aeterni Verbum caro factum:

    Veníte adoremus,
    Veníte adoremus
    Veníte adoremus Dóminum

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Written c. 1743

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