A Solis Ortus Cardine/From East to West

Office Hymn for Christmas Day

A solis Ortus Cardine

Ad usque terrae limitem,

Christum carnatus Principem,

Natum Maria Virgine.

Beatus auctor saeculi

Servile corpus induit:

Ut carne carnem liberans

Ne perderet condidit

Domus pudici pectoris

Templum repente fit Dei:

Intacta nesciens virum,

Concepit alvo Filium.

Gaudet cjhorus caelestium,

Et Angeli canunt Deo.

Palamque fit pastoribus,

Pastor, Creator omnium.

Jesu, tibi sit gloria,

Qui natus es de Virgine,

Cumm Patre et almo Spiritu

In sempiterna saecula.  Amen.

From east to west, from shore to shore,

Let ev´ry heart awake and sing

The holy child whom Mary bore,

The Christ, the everlasting King.

Behold, the world´s creator wears

The form and fashion of a slave;

Our very flesh our maker shares

His fallen creatures all to save.

For this how wondrously he wrought!

A maid in lowly human place

Became, in ways beyond all thought,

The chosen vessel of his grace.

And while angels in the sky

Sang praise above the silent field,

To shepherds poor the most high,

The one great Shepherd was revealed.

All glory for this blessed morn

To God, the Father, ever be ;

All laud to thee, O Virgin-born

All praise, O Holy Ghost, to thee.  Amen.