Monday, July 19, 2010

Anyone Know the Name of Some Latin Christmas Carols?

I absolutely love Latin Christamas carols. People say Latin is a dead language, but I love hearing and singing in Latin in church.

Anyone Know the Name of Some Latin Christmas Carols?
adeltes fidelis


ave maria


Veni, Emmanuel:


(O Come, Emmanuel)





Veni, veni Emmanuel!


Captivum solve Israel!


Qui gemit in exilio,


Privatus Dei Filio,


Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel


Nascetur pro te, Israel.





Veni, veni o oriens!


Solare nos adveniens,


Noctis depelle nebulas,


Dirasque noctis tenebras.


Gaude, gaude Emmanuel


Nascetur pro te, Israel.





Veni, veni Adonai!


Qui populo in Sinai


Legem dedisti vertice,


In Maiestate gloriae.


Gaude, gaude Emmanuel


Nascetur pro te Israel.


Regis olim urbe David :


(Once in Royal David's City)





Regis olim urbe David,


Sub bovili misero,


Mater posuit infantem


In praesaepi pro lecto:


Mitis Maria mater;


Iesus Christus is puer.





De caelo ad nos descendit


Deus, Dominus orbis;


Ei tectum est bovile


Et praesaepe pro cunis.


Pauperum virum amator


Sancte vixisti Salvator.





Et puertiam per miram


Observanter parebat


Virgini eidem matri,


Quae *** pepererat:


Tentent et discipuli


Esse similes ei.





Nam exemplum ille nobis:


Nostri crescebat instar;


Parvus quondam, imbecillus,


Flens et ridens nobis par,


Perticeps tristitiae


Idem et laetitiae.





Tandem illum nos cernemus


Ex amore aeterno:


Puer enim ille parvus


Summo regnat iam caelo,


Atque eo nos ducit


Quo et ipse praeiit.





Nec in stabulo misello,


Bubus prope stantibus,


Tunc videbitur, sed celsus,


Sedens Deo proximus:


Comites tum coronati


Circumstabunt candidati
Reply:adestedies fidalies- oh come all ye faithful
Reply:Maybe try the web, or a catholic church for info.
Reply:I remember in high school the foreign language classes had to do a big to-do for christmas and everyone sung christmas songs/carols in the language they studied.





my favorite latin christmas song....





tintinaculation --ie jingle bells. it was a lot of syllables jammed up together to the tune of jingle bells.
Reply:Feliz Navidad
Reply:feliz navidad
Reply:Ave Maria is my favorite. It is just the most beautiful song. I have a collection of different versions of it on my hard drive. My favorite is actually done by Harry Connick Jr although Pavarotti (who's name I am sure I butchered) does an excellent version as well.
Reply:You might look up Adeste Fideles (Oh come all you faithful) - it sounds a whole lot better in latin.
Reply:Feliz Navidad is Spanish.





Adeste Fideles is Latin. Though it does have an English equivalent.


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