Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion.

Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion

Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion,

et suscipe Regem Christum:

amplectere Mariam, quae est coelestis porta:

[amplectere Messiam gratulare huiusce matri:]

ipsa enim portat Regem gloriae novi luminis:

subsistit Virgo, adducens manibus

Filium ante luciferum [genitum]:

quem accipiens Simeon in ulnas suas

praedicavit populis

Dominum eum esse vitae et mortis

et Salvatorem mundi • 

Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594)

Adorn thy bridal chamber, 

O Sion, and receive Christ the King:

embrace Mary, who is the gate of heaven,

[embrace the Messiah and congratulate this mother}

who herself truly brings the glorious King of new light.

She remains a virgin, though bearing in her hands a Son begotten before the daystar,

whom Simeon, taking him in his arms, 

proclaimed to the people

to be the Lord of life and death, 

and Saviour of the World • 

Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594)