It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Gesu Bambino (组曲) / 夜半歌声, 婴孩耶稣

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 夜半歌声
曲：Richard Storrs Willis
调：CAROL
格律：8.6.8.6.Double.
词：Edmund Hamilton Sears
诗集：《世纪颂赞》146

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold;

“Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From Heaven’s all gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.

And ye, beneath life’s crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,

Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!

Gesu Bambino 婴孩耶稣

曲：Pietro Alessandro Yon
词：Frederick Martens

When blossoms flowered 'mid the snows
Upon a winter night,
Was born the Child, the Christmas Rose,
The King of Love and Light.

The angels sang, the shepherds sang,
The grateful earth rejoiced;
And at His blessed birth the stars
Their exultation voiced.

O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

Again the heart with rapture glows
To greet the holy night,
That gave the world its Christmas Rose,
Its King of Love and Light.

Let ev'ry voice acclaim His name,
The grateful chorus swell.
From paradise to earth He came
That we with Him might dwell.

O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.