‘Videntes Stellam’
As the season of Advent continues, looking forward to Christmas – and in this particular case, beyond to Epiphany – we offer our recording of ‘Videntes Stellam’, the third of Francis Poulenc’s ‘Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Noël’. Click this link to hear:
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Latin text:
Videntes stellam, Magi gavisi sunt gaudio magno
et intrantes domum obtulerunt Domino aurum, thus et myrrham.
[Words from the antiphon for the Feast of the Epiphany]
English translation:
Seeing the star, the Magi rejoiced with great joy;
entering the house, they offered the Lord gold, frankincense and myrrh.