Hills of the north, rejoice
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Hills of the north, rejoice; River and mountain-spring, Hark to the advent voice; Valley and lowland, sing: 'hough absent long, your Lord is nigh; He judgement brings and victory. Isles of the southern seas, Deep in your coral caves Pent be each warring breeze, Lulled be your restless waves: He comes to reign with boundless sway, And makes your wastes his great highway. Lands of the east, awake, Soon shall your sons be free; The sleep of ages break, And rise to liberty. On your far hills,long cold and grey, Has dawned the everlasting day. Shores of the utmost west, Ye that have waited long, Unvisited, unblest, Break forth in swelling song; High raise the note, that Jesus died, Yet lives and reigns, the Crucified. Sing, while you journey home; Songs be in every mouth; Lo, from the north we come, From east and west and south. City of God, the bond are free, We come to live and reign in thee! |
Gaudete, Boreae montes et flumina; Advenam noscite, valles et pascua. Qui sero Dominus subit, iudex et victor advenit. Esto quies aquis mobilibus, Note: in specubus rubris proelia comprime. Ubique ut regnet, is venit, tuumque inane via fit. Orire, Eoa gens: libera mox eris; somnum abiciens solvere vinculis! Iam lividis in collibus sol oritur perpetuus. Litora occidua, grande per saeculum sola et incognita, crescito canticum: cantate "Nunc, qui periit in Cruce, vivit et regit." Domum euntibus carmen in ore sit, quos locus huc suus quemque pepulerit: in te vivamus liberi et dominemur, Urbs Dei. |