#757 - Adeste Fideles

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• Composer:
  • John F. Wade

    • #59 - Portuguese Hymn
    • #757 - Adeste Fideles
    • #3016 - Portuguese Hymn

    (1711-1786), c1743
• Also known as:
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful
  • Portuguese Hymn
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• Incipit: 1151245123432117671237655
• Condensed Incipit: 1512451234321767123765
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• Lyrics:
  Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes;
  Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
  Natum videte Regem angelorum.
  
  chorus:
  Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
  Venite adoremus, Dominum.
  
  Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
  Parturit virgo mater,
  Deum verum, genitum, non factum.
  
  En grege relicto, humiles ad cunas
  Vocati pastores approperant:
  Et nos ovanti gradu festinemus.
  
  Stella duce, Magi Christum adorantes,
  Aurum, thus, et myrrham dant munera.
  Jesu infanti corda praebeamus.
  
  Aeterni Parrentis splendorem aeternum
  Velatum sub carne videbimus,
  Deum infantem, pannis involutem.
  
  Pro nobis egenum et foeno cubantem
  Piis foveamus amplexibus;
  Sic nos amantem quis non redamaret?
  
  
  • John F. Wade

    • #59 - Portuguese Hymn
    • #757 - Adeste Fideles
    • #3016 - Portuguese Hymn

    (1711-1786), c1743
• Lyrics:
  O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
  O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
  Come and behold Him, born the King of angels;
  
  chorus:
  O come, let us adore Him,
  O come, let us adore Him,
  O come, let us adore Him,
  Christ the Lord.
  
  True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal,
  Lo, He shuns not the Virgin’s womb;
  Son of the Father, begotten, not created;
  
  Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation;
  O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
  Glory to God, all glory in the highest;
  
  See how the shepherds, summoned to His cradle,
  Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;
  We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps;
  
  Lo! star led chieftains, Magi, Christ adoring,
  Offer Him incense, gold, and myrrh;
  We to the Christ Child bring our hearts’ oblations.
  
  Child, for us sinners poor and in the manger,
  We would embrace Thee, with love and awe;
  Who would not love Thee, loving us so dearly?
  
  Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;
  Jesus, to Thee be glory given;
  Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.
  
  
  • trans. Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880), 1841
  • trans. William T. Brooke (1848-1917)
• See also:
  • #59 - Portuguese Hymn
  • #3016 - Portuguese Hymn

#59 - Portuguese Hymn and #757 - Adeste Fideles are the same melody, although some notes and the accompaniment differs significantly.