| Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
| A 'Ros' has sprung
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| Aus einer Wurzel zart
| Tender from a root
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| Wie uns die Alten sungen
| As the elders sang to us
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| Von Jesse war die Art
| Of Jesse was the kind
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| Und hat ein Blüm'lein 'bracht;
| And brought a little flower;
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| Mitten im kalten Winter
| In the middle of the cold winter
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| Wohl zu der halben Nacht
| Probably for half the night
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| 1. Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
| 1. Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
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| From tender stem hath sprung
| From tender stem hath sprung
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| Of Jesse’s lineage coming
| Of Jesse's lineage coming
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| As men of old have sung;
| As men of old have sung;
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| It came, a flow’ret bright
| It came, a flow'ret bright
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| Amid the cold of winter
| Amid the cold of winter
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| When halfspent was the night
| When halfspent was the night
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| 2. Das Röslein, das ich meine
| 2. The little rose I mean
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| Davon Jesaia sagt:
| Of which Isaiah says:
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| Maria ist’s, die Reine
| It's Maria, the pure one
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| Die uns das Blüm'lein bracht'
| who brought us the little flowers
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| Aus Gottes ew’gem Rat
| From God's eternal counsel
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| Hat sie ein Kind geboren
| Did she give birth to a child?
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| Wohl zu der halben Nacht
| Probably for half the night
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| 2. Isaiah 'twas foretold it
| 2. Isaiah 'twas foretold it
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| The Rose I have in mind
| The Rose I have in mind
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| With Mary we behold it
| With Mary we behold it
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| The virgin mother kind;
| The virgin mother kind;
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| To show God’s love aright
| To show God's love right
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| She bore to us a Savior
| She bore to us a Savior
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| When halfspent was the night
| When halfspent was the night
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| 3. Das Blümelein, so kleine
| 3. The little flower, so small
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| Das duftet uns so süß;
| That smells so sweet to us;
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| Mit seinem hellen Scheine
| With its bright glow
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| Vertreibt’s die Finsternis
| Drive away the darkness
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| Wahr’r Mensch und wahrer Gott!
| True man and true God!
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| Hilft uns aus allem Leide
| Helps us out of all suffering
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| Rettet von Sünd' und Tod | Save from sin and death |