From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Author: Martin Luther (1535)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth;
Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
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From heav’n above to earth I come
to bear good news to ev’ry home:
to bear good news to ev’ry home:
Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
Whereof I now will say and sing:
Whereof I now will say and sing:
To you this night is born a child
Of Mary chosen virgin mild;
Of Mary chosen virgin mild;
This little child of lowly birth
Shall be the joy of all the earth.
Shall be the joy of all the earth.
This is the Christ, our God Most High,
Who hears your sad and bitter cry;
Who hears your sad and bitter cry;
He will Himself your Savior be
From all your sins to set you free.
From all your sins to set you free.
He will on you the gifts bestow
Prepared by God for all below,
Prepared by God for all below,
That in His kingdom, bright and fair,
You may with us His glory share.
You may with us His glory share.
These are the signs that you shall mark:
The swaddling clothes and manger dark.
The swaddling clothes and manger dark.
There you will find the infant laid
By whom the heav’ns and earth were made.”
By whom the heav’ns and earth were made.”
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