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Cristo divino, Hijo unigénito

Representative Text

1 Cristo divino,
Hijo unigénito,
Gran Creador y fiel sostén,
Siempre he de amarte,
Siempre servirte,
Mí gozo, mí corona y bien.

2 Los campos bellos
Cubren el suelo
De lozanía y floración;
Jesús empero,
Siempre es más bello;
Hace cantar al corazón.

3 ¡Bello el lucero!
¡La argentina luna!
Titilan las estrellas mil.
Jesús es bello,
Jesús es puro
Que todo el reino celestial.

Más que la aurora
Fulge tu rostro
Con hermosura de lirio en flor.
Magnificencia
Incomparable
Eres mi Cristo, mi Señor.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13634

Translator: Maurilio López L.

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Translator: Alberto Rembao

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Text Information

First Line: Cristo divino, Hijo unigénito
Translator: Maurilio López L.
Translator: Alberto Rembao
Source: Himno anónimo alemán, Münster Gesangbuch, 1677.
Language: Spanish

Tune

CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)

ST. ELIZABETH appears to be an eighteenth-century tune from the Glaz area of Silesia. It has always been associated with this text. No factual data exists for the legend that this text and tune date back to the twelfth-century crusades, although those apocryphal stories explain one of the names by w…

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Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #13634
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Himnos de la Iglesia #61

Praise y Adoración #184d

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #13634

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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