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Benedicamus Domino
Lyrics & Translation

Benedicamus Domino Lyrics & Translation

Procedenti puero, Eya, nobis annus est!

Virginis ex utero: Gloria! Laudes!  

Deus homo factus est et immortalis.

A boy comes forth, Eya, our time is come!  

from the Virgin’s womb: Glory! Praise!  

God is become man and yet immortal.

Sine viri semine, Eya, nobis annus est!

natus est de virgine: Gloria! Laudes!  

Deus homo factus est et immortalis.

Without a man’s seed, Eya, our time is come!

he is born of a virgin: Glory! Praise!  

God is become man and yet immortal.

Sine viri copia, Eya, nobis annus est!

natus est ex Maria: Gloria! Laudes!  

Deus homo factus est et immortalis.

Without the means of man, Eya, our time is come!

he is born of Mary: Glory! Praise!  

God is become man and yet immortal.

In hoc festo determino, Eya, nobis annus est!

benedicamus Domino! Gloria! Laudes!  

Deus homo factus est et immortalis.

On this appointed Feast, Eya, our time is come!

let us bless the Lord. Glory! Praise!  

God is become man and yet immortal.


In Songs and Carols from a Manuscript in the British Museum of the Fifteenth Century, Thomas Wright, ed.  (London: T. Richards, 1856), p. 45,46

From Sloane MS. 2593 (from the British Museum)