Gloria in excelsis Deo

Pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes et custodiantes vigilias noctis super gregem suum. Et ecce Angelus Domini stetit iuxta illos (...) et subito facta est cum Angelo multitudo militiae caelestis, laudantium Deum, et dicentium: " GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO, ET IN TERRA PAX HOMINIBUS BONAE VOLUNTATIS".


1) Angel we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
|: Gloria, In Excelsis Deo :|

2) Shepherd why this jubilee,
Why your joyous strains prolong
What the gladsome tidings be,
Which inspire your heavenly song?
|: Gloria, In Excelsis Deo :|

3) Come to Bethlehem and see,
Him whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord the newborn king.
|: Gloria, In Excelsis Deo :|

4) See him in a manger laid,
Whom the choirs of angels praise
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise.
|: Gloria, In Excelsis Deo :|