Parece que estou a ouvir #386

From the Matins of Christmas...

Nativity Scene by Hans Baldung, 1520

O Magnum Mysterium

Westminster Cathedral Choir

O magnum mysterium
O magnum mysterium
Et admirabile sacramentum
Et admirabile
Et admirabile
Sacramentum

O magnum mysterium
O magnum mysterium
Ut animalia
Viderent Dominum
Ut animalia
Viderent Dominum natum
Iacentem in praesepio!

Beata Virgo
Cujus viscera
Meruerunt
Beata Virgo
Portare Dominum Christum 

Alleluia! Alleluia! (O magnum mysterium) 

Alleluia! Alleluia! (O magnum mysterium) 

Et admirabile sacramentum

Ut animalia
Viderent Dominum natum
Iacentem in praesepio!
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Alle...
Alleluia!

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English translation

O great mystery,

and wonderful sacrament,

that animals should see the newborn Lord,

lying in a manger!

Blessed is the virgin whose womb

was worthy to bear

the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Alleluia!