What now, Death, great python?

The One on High laid you low today;

through Adam we once were forsaken,

but today we're saved through Jesus.

Peace!!

So all of you come, come today!

Don't be timid, we're all invited.

The feast of grace is laid for us,

so come, let's eat, and live.

All races invited, no one barred:

Hosanna means all are welcome,

men and women, children, all:

the Lord invites every nation.

Come, you crushed by the weight of sin,

you poor, you frail, you blind and lame,

come and rest, you aimless tramps,

come let Jesus care for you.

Today, today, don't hesitate

over the Lord's invitation.

Hosanna to Him, heaven-mellowed.

Roar, angels with feathers of gold.

Hell can hang its head in shame:

a star has risen in battledress.

It's Jesus: honour him joyfully,

laud him with heartfelt songs.

Hosanna indeed!

Swell your hymns of praise,

thud your sounding drums,

see him with eyes of faith

and sink in awe to your knees.

Hosanna!

Rejoice today and sing in bliss,

heavenly messengers join in the chorus.

Rejoice, for Christ the Lord is born

to lift from us the load of the pass.

He's Melchizedek without beginning,

he's Melchizedek without end.

He mapped the country's corners

and he'll reign above all powers.

In September the wild beast bleated,

laid the corpses on the ground;

they departed for His home,

today our homes are filled with tears.

Peace to you all!

Let our wishes cleave the heavens

to reach you, Elephant browsing the tops,

don't let their deaths raid our hope,

draw us to them filled with hope.

Peace!

Who would know that greatness in you,

Maker of heaven and earth,

in you who made the stars and moon,

in you who made the sun and day?

In long ages past the earth was fashioned,

in long ages past were people created,

truly the maker of heaven and earth

existed for age upon age.

Today we should be terror-stricken

at all these horrors we encounter,

announcing the Creator's renown to men,

telling us always to keep God in mind.

Hosanna!!