God Rest You Merry Gentlemen钢琴谱-Edison Records

《God Rest You Merry Gentlemen》，中文《快乐的上帝》或译《先生，愿主赐给您们欢欣》、《天赐欢乐》是英国经典的圣诞颂歌，它是16世纪或以前最古老的现存颂歌之一。

据传，该颂歌最早可追溯到15世纪，是在圣诞季节由城镇的巡夜人为贵族们演唱的，以用来获取额外的收入。不知道原作者究竟是谁，但此歌一直在英格兰地区口耳相传。此歌最早发表于1833年出版的一本名为《Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern》的节日宗教颂歌的合集。这一古老的颂歌直到今日仍然在英格兰各城镇传唱。

 

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen歌词：

 

God rest you merry, gentlemen,

Let nothing you dismay,

For Jesus Christ our Saviour

Was born upon this day,

To save us all from Satans power

When we were gone astray:

O tidings of comfort and joy,

comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and joy.

In Bethlehem, in Jury,

This blessed Babe was born,

And laid within a manger

Upon this blessed morn,

The which His Mother Mary

Did nothing take in scorn:

O tidings …

From God our heavenly Father

A blessèd angel came,

And unto certain shepherds

Brought tidings of the same,

How that in Bethlehem was born

The Son of God by name:

O tidings …

The shepherds at those tidings

Rejoicèd much in mind,

And left their flocks a-feeding

In tempest, storm and wind,

And went to Bethlehem straightway,

This blessèd Babe to find:

O tidings …

But when to Bethlehem they came,

Whereat this Infant lay,

They found Him in a manger,

Where oxen feed on hay;

His mother Mary kneeling,

Unto the Lord did pray:

O tidings …

Now to the Lord sing praises,

All you within this place,

And with true love and brotherhood

Each other now embrace;

This holy tide of Christmas

All others doth deface:

O tidings …