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==General information==
==General information==
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Originally the second stanza of [[Der Tag der ist so freudenreich]], a 15th century version of 14th century Christmas song called 'Dies est laetitiae'. In later settings (Ein Kindelein so löbelich) appears more frequently on its own. There was also a period when it was fashionable to couple this stanza with [[Lieber, Joseph lieber Herr]]


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Revision as of 00:25, 14 January 2020

General information

Originally the second stanza of Der Tag der ist so freudenreich, a 15th century version of 14th century Christmas song called 'Dies est laetitiae'. In later settings (Ein Kindelein so löbelich) appears more frequently on its own. There was also a period when it was fashionable to couple this stanza with Lieber, Joseph lieber Herr

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Text and translations

German.png German text

Ein Kindelein so löbelich
ist uns geboren heute,
von einer Jungfrau säuberlich,
zu Trost uns armen Leuten.
Wär uns das Kindelein nicht geborn
so wärn wir allzumal verlorn.
Das Heil ist unser aller.
Eia, du süsser Jesu Christ,
das du Mensch geboren bist,
behüt uns vor der Hölle.

English.png English translation

So lovely a child
is born to us today,
neatly of a virgin,
as succour for we lowly people.
Had the child not been born
we were entirely bereft.
This salvation is our everything.
Hail, sweetest Jesus Christ,
For your birth in human form
shelters us from perdition.

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