_Eya, Jesus hodie_
_Natus est de virgine._
Blessed be that maid Mary!
Born He was of her body;
Goddes son that sit’th on high,
_Non ex virili semine._
In a manger of an ass
Jesu lay and lulled was,
Hardë painës for to pass,
_Pro peccante homine._
Kingës came from divers land
With great giftës in their hand,
In Bethlem the child they fand,
_Stellae ducti lumine._
Man and child both old and young
Now in his blissful coming
To that child may we sing
_Gloria tibi, Domine._
Nowel, nowel in this hall,
Make merry, I pray you all;
Unto the child may we call
_Ullo sine crimine_.