Christ, the victim undefiled - Wipo of Burgundy

Christ the Lord is risen today;

Christians, haste your vows to pay;

Offer ye your praises meet

At the Paschal Victim’s feet.

For the sheep the Lamb hath bled,

Sinless in the sinner’s stead;

“Christ is risen,” today we cry;

Now He lives no more to die.

Christ, the victim undefiled,

Man to God hath reconciled;

Whilst in strange and awful strife

Met together Death and Life:

Christians, on this happy day

Haste with joy your vows to pay;

“Christ is risen,” today we cry;

Now He lives no more to die.

Say, O wondering Mary, say,

what thou sawest on thy way.

'I beheld, where Christ had lain,

empty tomb and angels twain,

I beheld the glory bright

of the rising Lord of light;

Christ my hope is risen again;

now he lives, and lives to reign.'

Christ, who once for sinners bled,

Now the first born from the dead,

Throned in endless might and power,

Lives and reigns forevermore.

Hail, eternal Hope on high!

Hail, Thou King of victory!

Hail, Thou Prince of life adored!

Help and save us, gracious Lord.

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Wipo of Burgundy [Wippo or Wigbert] (c.995– c.1050) France

Translated by Jane Eliza Leeson

Source: Wikipedia