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German Christmas Carols
Ihr Kinderlein kommet
Come ye little children
Melodie: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (ca. 1770)
Text: Christoph von Schmid (1768-1854)
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DEUTSCH Text: Christoph von Schmid Ihr Kinderlein, kommet, O kommet doch all! Zur Krippe her kommet In Bethlehems Stall. Und seht was in dieser Hochheiligen Nacht Der Vater im Himmel Für Freude uns macht. O seht in der Krippe Im nächtlichen Stall, Seht hier bei des Lichtes Hellglänzendem Strahl, In reinliche Windeln Das himmlische Kind, Viel schöner und holder, Als Engelein sind. Da liegt es, ihr Kinder, Auf Heu und auf Stroh, Maria und Josef Betrachten es froh; Die redlichen Hirten Knien betend davor, Hoch oben schwebt jubelnd Der Engelein Chor. |
ENGLISH Literal prose translation Ye children come O come ye all! Come to the cradle in Bethlehem's stall and see what in this most holy night the Father in heaven such joy for us makes. O see in the cradle in the nighttime stall see here by the light's bright gleaming rays in pure swaddling clothes the heavenly child more beautiful and beloved than angels are. There he lies, ye children upon hay and on straw, Maria and Joseph gaze at him happily; the honest shepherds kneel praying before him, high above hovers joyously the choir of angels. |
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