Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle

You come down from the stars, O King of heaven,
and come into a cold and icy cave. (2 v.)
O my divine Child,
I see you here trembling;
oblessed God!
Ah, how much it cost you to love me! (2 v.)

To you, who are the Creator of the world,
there are no clothes or fire, O my Lord. (2 v.)
Dear chosen little one,
how much this poverty
enchants me more,
since it made love poor again. (2 v.)

You leave the beautiful joy of the divine bosom,
to come to suffer on this hay. (2 v.)
Sweet love of my heart,
where did love carry you?
O my Jesus,
why suffer so much? for my love! (2 v.)

But if it was your will to suffer,
why do you want to cry then, why wail? (2 v.)
my Jesus, I understand you so!
Ah, my Lord!
You cry not out of pain, but out of love. (2 v.)

You cry for seeing yourself ungrateful to me
after such great love, so little loved!
O delight - of my heart,
if once it was so, now I only desire you
Dear, do not cry anymore, I love you and love you (2 v.)

You sleep, my Child, but meanwhile the heart
does not sleep, no, but watches at all hours
Oh, my beautiful and pure Lamb
what are you thinking? tell me. O immense love,
one day to die for you, answer, I think. (2 v.)

So you think of dying for me, O God
and what else, besides you, can I love?
O Mary, my hope,
if I love your Jesus a little, do not disdain
love him for me, if I do not know how to love! (2 v)