Text: Quem vidistis pastores

Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554–1612)

Original Text	English Translation

Quem vidistis, pastores, dicite, annunciate nobis, in terris quis apparuit? Natum vidimus et choros angelorum collaudantes Domino. Mariam et Joseph vidimus, in terra stratos supplices et ratum carum pariter adorantes humiliter, gratia Deo, qui dedit nobis victoriam per Jesum Christum, salvatorem nostrum. O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio. Alleluia!	Whom did you see, shepherds, tell us, proclaim to us: who has appeared on the earth? We saw the newborn child and choirs of angels praising the Lord. We see Mary and Joseph, prostrate suppliants upon the earth and in humble adoration: thanks be to God, who delivered to us victory through Jesus Christ, our savior. O great mystery and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord lying in a manger. Alleluia!