Full Lyrics
REFRAIN
Laetatus sum, Laetatus sum,
in his quae dicta sunt mihi
in domum Domini ibimus.
(I rejoiced, I rejoiced,
when I heard them say:
"Let us go to the house,
to the house of the Lord.")
VERSE 1
I rejoiced when I heard them say:
"Let us go to the house of the Lord,"
and now our feets are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem
VERSE 2
Jerusalem is built as a city
strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.
VERSE 3
For Israel's law it is
there to praise the Lord name,
There were set the thrones of Judgement
of the house of David.
VERSE 4
For the peace of Jerusalem pray:
"Peace be to your homes!
May peace reign in your walls,
in your palaces peace.
VERSE 5
For love of my brethren and friends
I say: "Peace upon you!"
For love of the house of the Lord,
I will ask for your good.
