God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (dosł: "Bóg uspokaja was radośni panowie") to angielska kolęda z XIX wieku. Jej tekst wydrukowano po raz pierwszy w Londynie w 1833 roku. Uczynił to brytyjski prawnik William B. Sandys, który umieścił ja w swej kompilacji pieśni bożonarodzeniowych
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- God rest ye merry, gentlemen
- Let nothing you dismay
- Remember Christ our Saviour
- Was born on Christmas Day
- To save us all from Satan's power
- When we were gone astray
- O tidings of comfort and joy,
- Comfort and joy
- O tidings of comfort and joy
- In Bethlehem , in Jewry , (lub: Judah)
- This blessèd Babe was born (lub: The humble Christ was born)
- And laid within a manger (lub: And God sent us salvation)
- Upon this blessèd morn (lub: That blessed Christmas morn)
- To which His Mother Mary
- Did nothing take in scorn
- O tidings of comfort and joy,
- Comfort and joy
- O tidings of comfort and joy
- From God our Heavenly Father
- A blessèd Angel came;
- And unto certain Shepherd s
- Brought tidings of the same:
- How that in Bethlehem was born
- The Son of God by Name.
- O tidings of comfort and joy,
- Comfort and joy
- O tidings of comfort and joy
- "Fear not then," said the Angel,
- "Let nothing you affright,
- This day is born a Saviour
- Of a pure Virgin bright ,
- To free all those who trust in Him
- From Satan's power and might."
- O tidings of comfort and joy,
- Comfort and joy
- O tidings of comfort and joy
- The shepherds at those tidings
- Rejoiced much in mind,
- And left their flocks a-feeding
- In tempest, storm and wind:
- And went to Bethlehem straightway
- This blessed Babe to find. (lub: The Son of God to find)
- O tidings of comfort and joy,
- Comfort and joy
- O tidings of comfort and joy
- But when to Bethlehem they came (lub: And when they came to Bethlehem)
- Whereat this Infant lay, (lub: Where our dear Saviour lay)
- They found Him in a manger,
- Where oxen feed on hay
- His Mother Mary kneeling, (lub: His mother Mary kneeling down,)
- Unto the Lord did pray.
- O tidings of comfort and joy,
- Comfort and joy
- O tidings of comfort and joy
- Now to the Lord sing praises,
- All you within this place,
- And with true love and brotherhood
- Each other now embrace;
- This holy tide of Christmas
- All other doth efface.
- O tidings of comfort and joy,
- Comfort and joy
- O tidings of comfort and joy
