Amid the silence (Anonymous)

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CPDL #18424: Network.png
Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2009-01-20).   Copyright: Public Domain
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Editor: Christopher R. Baker (added 2000-11-27).   Copyright: CC BY 1.0
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General Information

Title: Amid the Silence
Composer: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredCarol

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Christmas and New Year Songs (1922)

Description: English version of traditional Polish carol, "Wsrod nocnej ciszy".

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Original text and translations

English.png English text translation from Polish by Angela Morgan

1.
Amid the silence of the solemn night,
Sound the glad summons,
"Lo the king of Light!
Rouse, O shepherds, haste with singing
Christ has come, salvation bringing,
Born at Bethlehem."
2.
Gladly the herdsmen sough the Holy Son,
Found in a manger
Christ the sinless one,
Worshipped him with exultation,
"God has brought us full salvation!
Him we shall adore!"
3.
Lord, we have hailed thee, many thousand years.
Now through our darkness
Lo, thy star appears.
King and prophets long have named thee,
Priests and martyrs all proclaimed thee,
"Saviour of mankind."