Songtexte A Hymn of the Nativity - Polyphony feat. Stephen Layton

We saw thee in thy balmy nest
Young dawn of our eternal day
We saw thine eyes break from the east
And chase the trembling shades away
We saw thee, and we blest the sight
We saw thee by thine own sweet light
I saw the obsequious seraphim
Their rosy faces thou bestow'dst
For where the darkens fair thee wins
Since heaven itself lies here below
Well done, said I, but are you sure
Your down so warm will pass the pure?
No, no, your king's not yet asleep
Where'er he go to his own bed
See, see, how soon his new-born cheek
Takes mother's breast for the spoil
Sweet joy, said we, know it not so
Not till thy cold and sleepy snow
Welcome to the bright and the starry
Twilight of the heavenly day
Heavenly Earth and God in man
Summer in winter, day in night
To help the beloved and God in man
Great little one, whose glorious birth
We turned to heaven, stoop's head unto earth
To thee, meek majesty
Soft king of simple graces and sweet love
To thee, meek majesty
Each of us his man will be
Each his pair of silken eyes
At last, with shining light paralysed
The saints become a world that's no coldness side with us