Dies est laetitiae

General information

Motet for Christmas Day.

Settings by composers

• Jean de Castro SATTB
• Jörgen Presten SSATTBB
• Jacob Regnart SATB
• André Vierendeels, I SATB
• André Vierendeels, II SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Anonymous — Dies est laetitiae
• Heinrich Finck — Dies est lætitiæ
• Michael Tonsor — Dies est laetitiae

Text and translations

Latin text Noë, Noë. Dies est laetitiae in ortu regali, nam processit hodie De ventre virginali puer admirabilis, totus delectabilis in humanitate, qui inaestimabilis est et ineffabilis in divinitate. Noë, Noë.

German translation Noë, Noë. Es ist ein Tag der Freude über eine königliche Geburt, denn heute ging hervor aus jungfräulichem Schoß der wunderbare Knabe, ganz ergötzlich in [seiner] Menschheit, der unschätzbar ist und unaussprechlich in [seiner] Gottheit. Noë, Noë.

English translation Noël, Noël. This is the joyful day, the royal dawn, For today comes forth Out of the womb of a maiden A wonderful boy, wholly delightful in his humanity, who is priceless and ineffable in his divinity. Noël, Noël.