Christians, Praise the Paschal Victim! (Victimae Paschali laudes) - Schola Cantorum of St. Peter

As featured in the english plainchant book "By Flowing Waters".
A book which complies with the texts of official USCCB lectionary and missal currently in use in 2010/early 2011. ("Novus Ordo" missae) (many of these texts were not universally translated identically between different english speaking nations, there are differences found frequently)

sung by The Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle in 2005.
courtesy of J. Michael Thompson.

Image taken from:

The Barberini Exultet Roll, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican City), Cod. Barb. Lat. 592 , created in St Benedict's monastery of Monte Cassino around 1087 AD

Strophes/Verse:

Christians praise the Paschal Victim
Offer thankful sacrifice.
Christ the Lamb has saved the sheep;
Christ the Just One paid the price,
Reconciling sinners to the Father.

Death and Life fought bitterly
For this wondrous victory;
The Lord of life who died
Reigns glorified!

O Mary, come and say
What you saw at break of day.
"The empty tomb of my living Lord!
I saw Christ Jesus risen, and adored!"

Bright angels testified,
Shroud and grave-cloths side by side!
"Yes, Christ my hope rose gloriously.
He goes before you into Galilee."

Share the good news, sing joyfully:
His death is victory!
Lord Jesus, victor King, show us mercy.
Amen. Alleluia!

Original latin version:

Victimae paschali laudes
immolent Christiani.
Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens Patri
reconciliavit peccatores.
Mors et vita duello
conflixere mirando:
dux vitae mortuus,
regnat vivus.
Dic nobis Maria,
quid vidisti in via?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis,
et gloriam vidi resurgentis:
Angelicos testes,
sudarium, et vestes.
Surrexit Christus spes mea:
praecedet suos in Galilaeam.
Scimus Christum surrexisse
a mortuis vere:
tu nobis, victor Rex,
miserere.
Amen. Alleluia.