Lyrics of Riu Riu Chiu - Sixpence None The Richer

Riu Riu Chiu (original)

Riu, riu, chiu
La guarda ribera
Dios guarde el lobo
De nuestra cordera.
El lobo rabioso la quiso morder,
Mas Dios poderoso la supo defender;
Quisole hazer que no pudiesse pecar,
Ni aun original esta Virgen no tuviera.
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Este qu’es nascido es el gran monarca,
Cristo patriarca de carne vestido;
Hanos redimido con se hazer chiquito,
Aunqu’era infinito, finito se hizera.
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Muchas profecias lo han profetizado,
Y aun en nuestros dias lo hemos alcancado.
A Dios humanado vemos en el suelo
Y al hombre nel cielo porqu’er le quisiera.
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Yo vi mil Garzones que andavan cantando,
Por aqui bolando, haciendo mil sones,
Diziendo a gascones Gloria sea en el cielo,
Y paz en el suelo qu’es Jesus nascieta.
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Este viene a dar a los muertos vida
Y viene a reparar de todos la caida;
Es la luz del dia aqueste mocuelo;
Este es el cordero que San Juan dixera.
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Pues que ya tenemos lo que desseamos,
Todos juntos vamos presentes llevemos;
Todos le daremos nuestra voluntad,
Pues a se igualar con el hombre viniera.
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(translation)

Riu, riu, chiu
The riverside guard
god save the wolf
Of our lamb.
The rabid wolf wanted to bite her,
But mighty God knew how to defend her;
He wanted to make her not be able to sin,
Not even original this Virgin did not have.
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This who is born is the great monarch,
Christ the patriarch dressed in flesh;
You have redeemed us with being small,
Although he was infinite, he would become finite.
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Many prophecies have prophesied it,
And even in our days we have achieved it.
We see a humanized God on the ground
And the man in heaven because I wanted him.
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I saw a thousand Garzones that were singing,
Around here swinging, making a thousand sounds,
Saying to Gascons Glory be in heaven,
And peace on the ground that is Jesus born.
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This one comes to give the dead life
And he comes to repair everyone's fall;
It is the light of day, this little boy;
This is the lamb that Saint John said.
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Well, we already have what we want,
All together we go present let's take;
We will all give him our will,
Well, to be equal with the man he came.
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