Te Ioseph celebrent
Let the hosts of heaven celebrate you, Joseph,

Te, Joseph, celebrent agmina cælitum
Let the hosts of heaven celebrate you, Joseph,
Te cuncti résonent christíadum chori
Let all the choirs of Christendom resound you
Qui clarus meritis junctus et inclytæ
who, famous for your merits,
Casto fœdere Virgini.
was joined to the glorious Virgin in chaste wedlock.


Almo cum tumidam germine conjugem
When your betrothed became great with precious seed,
admirans dubio tangeris anxius,
amazement and doubt made you anxious.
afflatu superi flaminis angelus
It is by the breath of the divine Spirit,
conceptum puerum docet.
an Angel tells you, that the son has been conceived.


Tu natum Dominum stringis ad dexteras,
You did embrace the new-born Lord,
Ægipti profugum tu sequeris plagas:
and to the furthest Egypt coasts you followed Him in exile,
amissum Solymis qæris et invenis,
Lost in Jerusalem, you sought and found Him,
miscens gaudia fletibus.
mixing joy with tears.


Post mortem reliquos sors pia consecrat,
After death most are blest by a loving destiny
Palmamque emeritos gloria suscipit:
and, when they have won the palm, they are welcomed into glory.
Tu vivens, superis par, frùeris Deo
But you, while you lived, like the saints above, were with God,
Mira sorte beatior.
blest more than others by this wondrous lot.


Nobis Summa Trias parce precantibus:
Spare us, highest Trinity, as we pray,
da Joseph meritis sidera scandere,
Grant that through Joseph's merits we may rise to heaven,
ut tandem liceat at nos tibi perpetim,
So that at last we may offer perpetually
gratum promere canticum. Amen
our grateful songs. Amen.