Upon seeing the star | Upon seeing the star, the Magi

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Videntes stellam

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FIN GER

Videntes stellam Magi 
gavisi sunt gaudio magno: 
et intrantes domum 
obtulerunt Domino aurum, 
thus et myrrham.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Videntes stellam", FP. 152 no. 3 (1951), published 1952 [ chorus a cappella ], from Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, no. 3, Paris, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Upon seeing the star", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Als sie den Stern erblickten", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-22
Line count: 5
Word count: 16

Upon seeing the star

Language: English after the Latin

[Upon] seeing [the] star, [the] Magi 
rejoiced in great joy: 
and entering the house 
they offered gold, 
frankincense and myrrh.

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Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 5
Word count: 20