Puer natus est

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Puer natus est nobis is the introit for the Mass of Christmas Day and, in the Extraordinary Form, its Octave. It is drawn from Isaiah 9:6; the verse is from Psalm 98 (97) and the antiphon is repeated after the Gloria Patri.

Morales and Macchi set a shorter (and unidentified) text with 2 verses from Luke and John with alleluias. Senfl sets the standard antiphon, beginning after a plainsong intonation. Schütz sets German versions in Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 302 (Heinrich Schütz) and Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384 (Heinrich Schütz), and of course Handel set the English text at the midpoint of Messiah, Part One.

None of these shold be confused with the non-liturgical hymn Puer natus in Bethlehem or with Puer nobis nascitur. There is also an antiphon for vespers of The Nativity of John the Baptist, Puer qui natus est (LU p.1343).

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Puer natus est

Ein Kind ist uns geboren

Text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Puer natus est nobis
Et filius datus est nobis
Cuius imperium super humerum eius
Et vocabitur nomen eius
Magni consilii Angelus
Cantate Domino canticum novum
Quia mirabilia fecit
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper,
in secula seculorum. Amen.

Spanish.png Spanish translation

Un niño nos ha nacido,
y un hijo nos ha sido dado,
el cual lleva sobre sus hombros el principado
y su nombre será
Ángel del gran consejo.

Cantad al Señor un cántico nuevo
porque ha hecho maravillas.

Gloria Patri &c.

English.png English translation

A boy is born to us,
And a son is given to us,
upon whose shoulders authority rests,
and His name will be called
"The Angel of Great Counsel".
Sing to the Lord a new song,
because he has done the miraculous.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, and is now, and always will be,
in every human generation. Amen.

French.png French translation

[Un enfant nous est né,]
un fils nous est donné ;
l'insigne de son pouvoir
est sur son épaule
et on lui donnera pour nom :
Ange du grand conseil.

German version

German.png German text

Ein Kind ist uns geboren,
Ein Sohn ist uns gegeben,
welches Herrschaft ist auf seiner Schulter
und er heißt Wunderbar, Rat, Kraft, Held,
Ewigvater, Friedefürst,
aud daß seine Herrschaft groß werde
und des Friedens keine Ende
auf dem Stuhl Davids und seines Königreichs,
daß er's zurichte und stärke
mit Gericht und Gerechtigkeit
von nun an bis in Ewigkeit.
Solches wird tun
der Eifer des Herren Zebaoth.

See also

Variant 1

Latin.png Latin text

Puer natus est nobis et filius datus est nobis.
Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax
hominibus bonae voluntatis. Alleluia.
Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis. Alleluia.

English.png English translation

A child is born to us, a son is given to us,
Glory be to God in the highest and on earth
peace to men of good will, Alleluia.
The word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Alleluia.
by Mick Swithinbank

Dutch.png Dutch translation