夜半歌聲It Came upon the Midnight Clear
(1)It came up-on the mid-night clear,
That glo-rious song of old,From an-gels bend-ing near
the earthTo touch their harps of gold:“Peace on the earth, good-w
ill to men, From heaven’s all-gra-cious King”;
The world in sol-emn still-ness lay
To hear the an-gels sing.
緬想當年時方夜半 ,忽來榮耀歌聲 ,天使屈身俯向塵寰 ,怡然手撥金琴 :“地上平安人增友誼 ,天賜特殊奇恩 ,”當晚世界沈寂之中 ,靜聽天使歌聲 .
From “教會聖詩”
(2)And ye, be-neath life’s crush-ing load, Whose forms are bend-ing low,
Who toil a-long the climb-ing way
With pain-ful steps and slow,
Look now! For glad and gold-en hours
Come swift-ly on the wing:
O rest be-side the wea-ry load, And hear the an-gels sing.
世界萬千勞苦民眾 ,
負擔重壓身心 ,
日夜奔跑勞祿營生 ,
難享一息安寧 ,
當知所望黃金時代 ,
不久便要來臨 ,
崎嶇道上請息片時 ,
靜聽天使歌聲 .
(3)For lo, the days are has-tening on,
By proph-et seen of old,When, with the ev-er-circlin
g years, Shall come the time fore-tol
d,When the new heaven and
earth shall ownThe Prince of Peace their K
ing,And the whole world send b
ack the songWhich now the an-gels sing.
因為歲月周行不息 ,世事積極前進 ,黃金時代一定來臨 ,
先知早已說明 ,到時新天新地生靈 ,共戴和平之君 ,普天之下齊聲響應 ,今日天使歌聲 .