Sunday, November 29, 2020

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (stanza 1)

 This is Advent Sunday, the first Sunday in Advent. Advent is the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting. This week I am posting all seven stanzas of the ninth-century Latin hymn "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," translated by John Mason Neale (1818-1866), one stanza per diem. Here is stanza 1 of that Christian hymn for Advent and Christmas. The official lyric video of Enya singing "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" in both English and Latin follows the stanza. Tomorrow I will post stanza 2.

O come, o come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
          Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
          Shall come to thee, O Israel.




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