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Alleluia, song of gladness 
Alleluia, song of gladness, voice of joy that cannot die; alleluia is the anthem ever dear to choirs on high; in the house of God abiding thus they sing eternally. 
Alleluia thou resoundest, true Jerusalem and free; alleluia, joyful mother, all thy children sing with thee; but by Babylon’s sad waters mourning exiles now are we. 
Alleluia cannot always be our song while here below; alleluia our transgressions make us for a while forego; for the solemn time is coming 
when our tears for sin must flow. 
Therefore in our hymns we pray thee, grant us, blessèd Trinity, at the last to keep thine Easter in our home beyond the sky; there to thee forever singing alleluia joyfully. 
Translation of ; also found as . 
Latin, eleventh century or earlier; trans. (1818-1866), 1851 and the editors of .