IN DIESER NACHT    
(Trad. - Bardd y Brenin (E. Jones) / J. Ceiriog Hughes / Prys / B. Otto)

Nana Mouskouri  


Wo sich bunte Träume drehen
In dieser Nacht
Die in Zärtlichkeit entstehen
In dieser Nacht
Werden wir uns wiederfinden
Wenn Gedanken uns verbinden
Ist die Liebe neu erwacht
In dieser Nacht

Wo der Wind die Wolken küsst
Die er uns bringt
Wo das Lied zu Hause ist
Das nieder klingt
Werden wir uns wiedersehen
Wenn wir schweigend uns verstehen
Ist die Liebe neu erwacht
In dieser Nacht

Wo die Worte Hoffnung bringen
Und Zuversicht
Wo Gefühle leise schwingen
Leuchtet das Licht
Das uns schein wohin wir gehen
Wenn wir es im Dunkeln sehen
Ist die Liebe neu erwacht
In dieser Nacht 


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(Tr. Carl G. Hardebeck)


Klar und mild die Sterne schimmern
In stiller Nacht,
Heimlich flüsternd raunt ihr Flimmern
In stiller Nacht:
"Finsternis sinkt hüllend nieder;
Brüder, singt, die ew'gen Lieder,
Daß die Sphären klingen wieder
In stiller Nacht.

Himmel lächelt, wenn wir blinken
In stiller Nacht,
Schwester Erde grüßend winken
In stiller Nacht,
Nacht und Leid ist aller Enden,
Doch, dem Menschen Trost zu spenden,
Laßt uns mildes Licht ihm senden
In stiller Nacht." 


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ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
(Nick Reynolds)

The Kingston Trio


Sleep, my Child, and peace attend Thee, all through the night.
Guardian angels God will send Thee, all through the night.
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, hill and vale in slumber sleeping,
God, His loving vigil keeping, all through the night.

While the moon her watch is keeping, all through the night.
While the weary world is sleeping, all through the night.
Through Your dreams You're swiftly stealing, visions of delight revealing,
Christmas time is so appealing, all through the night.

You, my God, a Babe of wonder, all through the night.
Dreams You dream can't break from thunder, all through the night.
Children's dreams cannot be broken; life is but a lovely token,
Christmas should be softly spoken all through the night.


(Contributed by Frank DiSalle - December 2003)


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AR HYD Y NOS
(All Through The Night)
(Trad. - Bardd y Brenin (E. Jones) / J. Ceiriog Hughes / H. Boulton)

Nana Mouskouri  


Holl amrantau'r sêr ddywedant
Ar hyd y nos
'Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant
Ar hyd y nos.

Golau arall yw tywyllwch
I arddangos gwir brydferthwch
Teulu'r nefoedd mewn tawelwch
Ar hyd y nos.

I my loving vigil keeping
All through the night.
Guardian angels God will send thee
All through the night

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and dale in slumber steeping
I my loving vigil keeping
All through the night. 


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(Tr. by J. Mark Sugars)


Stars gaze down and tell their story,
All through the night,
"Here's the way to a land of glory,"
All through the night;
Other light seems merely darkness
When true beauty shines upon us,
Heaven's family tranquil o'er us,
All through the night.

See how smiles a star serenely
All through the night,
Beaming at the moon so keenly,
All through the night;
"Night is old age, with grief coming
But, adorning Man and evening
Pale light from us will be streaming
All through the night." 


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