Veni, veni, Emmanuel

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1 Veni, veni Emmanuel,
Captivum solve Israel,
Qui gemit in exilio,
Privatus Dei filio.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.

2 Veni, O Iesse virgula,
Ex hostis tuos ungula,
De specu tuos Tartari
Educ, et antro barathri.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.

3 Veni, veni o Oriens,
Solare nos adveniens,:
Noctis depelle nebulas,
Dirasque noctis tenebras.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.

4 Veni, clavis Davidica,
Regna reclude caelica,
Fac iter tutum superum,
Et claude vias inferum.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.

5 Veni, veni Adonai,
Qui populo in Sinai
Legem dedisti vertice,
In maiestate gloriae.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.

Source: Hymns of the Church: new and old #567

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First Line: Veni, veni, Emmanuel
Language: Latin
Notes: English translation: See "O come, O come Emmanuel" by J. M. Neale; French translation: "Oh, viens bientôt, Emmanuel" by H. Ecuyer; German translation (of "O come, O come Emmanuel"): See "O komm, o komm, du Morgenstern" by Otmar Schulz, "O komm, o komm, Emmanuel" Anonymous; Spanish translation: "Oh ven, oh ven Emanuel" by Federico Pagura
Copyright: Public Domain
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VENI EMMANUEL (Chant)

VENI IMMANUEL was originally music for a Requiem Mass in a fifteenth-century French Franciscan Processional. Thomas Helmore (b. Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, 1811; d. Westminster, London, England, 1890) adapted this chant tune and published it in Part II of his The Hymnal Noted (1854). A g…

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