O admirabile commercium
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): ENG
O admirabile commercium: creator generis humani,
animatum corpus sumens de virgine nasci dignatus est;
et procedens homo sine semine,
largitus est nobis suam Deitatem.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "O wonderful trade", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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O wonderful trade
Language: English  after the Latin
O wonderful trade: the creator of the human race,
Taking on living flesh, considered it worth being born of a virgin;
A being born a man, but without [a father's] seed,
Gave us in abundance his Godhood.
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- Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
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Word count: 37