Lyrics and translation Olav Stedje - Det lyser i stille grender

Det lyser i stille grender

Det lyser i stille grender
Av tindrande ljos i kveld,
Og tusende barnehender
Mot himmelen ljosa held.

Og glade med song dei helsar
Sin broder i himmelhall
Som kom og vart heimsens Frelsar
Som barn i ein vesal stall.

Der låg han med høy til pute
Og gret på si ringe seng,
Men englane song der ute
På Betlehems aude eng.

Der song dei for fyrste gongen
Ved natt over Davids by
Den evige himmelsongen
Som alltid er ung og ny.

The Lights Shine in Silent Streets

The lights shine in silent streets
Of shimmering lights tonight,
And thousands of children's hands
Hold up lights towards the sky.

And joyfully with song they greet
Their brother in heaven's hall
Who came and became the world's Savior
As a child in a wretched stall.

There he lay on a pillow of hay
And wept on his humble bed,
But angels sang outside there
On Bethlehem's barren plain.

There they sang for the first time
On that night over David's city
The eternal heavenly song
That is always young and new.