《What Child Is This?》
(Traditional, arr. May Babbitt)
What child is this? Who lies here weak and still,
This little patient in the palms of his hand.
His tiny ear may scarcely hearken,
May scarcely see, may scarcely speak,
Yet his heart is made of music and dreams.
What child is this? The babe that I have seen
In vision of the night, by the light of the stars.
Afar, afar, in the realms of light and air,
Away, away, from the world that he knew.
What child is this? my infant so sincere,
Who would a cradle made for his mother here.
(chorus)
Oh come, let us sing a song of the tiding of peace,
To this, to this, of joy unspeakable.
For yonder 'bodes no Nightmare Space,
But lullaby and blessed day dream.
To share our bread of love and peace,
And let us all in Christ be free.
Oh come, let us sing!
中文翻譯：
這是誰家的孩子？他躺在這裡又弱又安靜。
這小小的病人，在雙手的掌心裡躺著。
他小小的耳朵可能聽不見，可能看不見，可能說不出話來，
但他的心是充滿音樂和夢的。
這是誰家的孩子？我在夜的幻象中看見他，在星星的光輝里。
遠離，遠離，在光明和空氣的領域裡，
走開，走開，離開他熟悉的世界。
這是誰家的孩子？我的嬰兒是如此真誠。
他為母親製造了一個搖籃在這裡。
喔，來吧，讓我們唱一首歌，這首歌是和平的訊息，
給這個，給這個，無以言表的歡樂。
那裡沒有噩夢的空間，只有搖籃曲和幸福的夢。
分享我們的愛的麵包和和平，讓我們在基督里都自由。
喔，來吧，讓我們唱！