Silent Night, Sacred Night

For Christmas

Words: Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!, Rev. Joseph Mohr, 1816
Translator Unknown

Music: "Stille Nacht," Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), circa 1818

Source: L. J. Kavanagh and James M. McLaughlin, eds., Crown Hymnal. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1912, # 14, p. 18.

See Notes and Links to Translations

1. Silent night, sacred night,
Bethlehem sleeps, yet what light
Floats around the holy pair:
Songs of angels fill the air,
Strains of heavenly peace,
Strains of heavenly peace.

2. Silent night, sacred night,
Shepherds first see the light,
Hear the Alleluias ring,
Which the angel chorus sing;
"Christ the Saviour has come!
Christ the Saviour has come."

3. Silent night, sacred night,
Son of God! oh, what light,
Radiates from Thy manger bed
Over realms with darkness spread,
Thou in Bethlehem born,
Thou in Bethlehem born.

Sheet Music to "Silent Night, Sacred Night," from L. J. Kavanagh and James M. McLaughlin, eds., Crown Hymnal. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1912, # 14, p. 18.

Also found in Frank Landon Humphreys, ed., Christmas Carols. New York: Novello Ewer & Co., 1900, p.22.

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