In dulci jubilo / Let us our homage shew;Our heart's joy recli- / neth in praesepioAnd like a bright star shineth, / Matris in gremio.Alpha es et O, / Alpha es et O.O Jesu parvule! / I yearn for thee alway! [1]Hear me, I beseech / thee, O puer optime!My prayer let it reach thee, / O Princeps gloriae!Trahe me post te! / Trahe me post te!O Patris caritas, / O Nati lenitas!Deeply were we stained / Per nostra crimina;But thou hast for us gained / Coelorum gaudia.O that we were there! / O that we were there!Ubi sunt gaudia, / If that they be not thereThere are angels singing / - Nova cantica,There the bells are ringing / In Regis curia:O that we were there, / O that we were there.