Magi videntes stellam

General information

Antiphon to the Magnificat at 1st Vespers on the feast of the Epiphany.

Settings by composers

• Jacobus Clemens non Papa SATB
• Simone Molinaro SATTB
• Leonhard Paminger SATTTB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB or STTB (has bracketed alternative text)

Original text and translations

Latin text Magi videntes[viderunt] stellam [qui] dixerunt ad invicem hoc signum magni regis est eamus et inquiramus [requiramus] eum et offeramus ei munera aurum thus et myrrham. Dutch translation Toen de wijzen de ster hadden gezien, zeiden zij, elk op zijn beurt: "Dit is het teken van een groot vorst. Laten wij hem gaan zoeken en hem geschenken aanbieden: goud, wierook en mirre."

English translation The magi, seeing [having seen] the star, said, each in turn: "This is the sign of a great king! Let us go and look for him and offer him gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh."