Laetabundus

General information

Genre: Sacred, Sequence hymn for Christmas Day

Settings by composers

• Carlotta Ferrari
• Anonymous

Text and translations

Latin text

1. Laetabundus exsultet fidelis chorus alleluia.
Regem regum intactae profudit thorus res mirranda.
2. Angelus consilii natus est de virgine sol de stella.
Sol occasum nesciens stella semper rutilans semper clara.
3. Sicut sidus radium profert virgo filium pari forma.
Neque sidus radio neque mater filio fit corrupta.
4. Cedrus alta Libani conformatur hyssopo valle nostra.
Verbum mens altissimi corporali passum est carne sumpta.
5. Isaias cecinit synagoga meminit numquam tamen desinit esse caeca.¹
Si non suis vatibus credat vel gentilibus Sibyllinis versibus haec praedicta.
6. Infelix propera crede vel vetera cur demnaberis gens misera.²
Quem docet littera natum considera ipsum genuit puerpera.
Amen.

Changes by the Dominican Reform in 1985 because of the intolerable antijudaistic text:

¹ obligata.

² electa.

External links

• [1] at Gregobase (antijudaic version)
• [2] at Gregobase (reformed version of the Dominican tradition)
• [3] at Hymnarium (Latin and German; text only)