Quem Pastores Laudavere - Traditional

Quem pastores laudavere,
Quibus angeli dixere,
Absit vobis iam timere,
Natus est rex gloriae.

Ad quem magi ambulabant,
Aurum, thus, myrrham portabant,
Immolaverunt haec sincere
Leoni victoriae.

Christo regi, Deo nato,
Per Mariam nobis dato,
Merito resonet vere
Laus, honor et gloria.

Quem Pastores Laudavere lyrics are a beautiful and simple example of medieval German and Latin hymnody. The song focuses on the humble witnesses of the Nativity�the shepherds and the Magi�and their response of adoration. It is often sung in an antiphonal style with different groups of singers calling and responding to one another. By singing the Quem Pastores Laudavere lyrics the faithful relive the experience of the first worshippers at the manger finding a sense of unity and peace in the shared act of acknowledging the Word made flesh as the light of the world.