Es ist ein Rose entsprungen
Michael Praetorius
http://youtube.com/watch?v=To4vtvMe5wo
English Translation:
See how a rose e'er blooming
From tender stem has sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As men of old have sung
It came, a floweret bright
Amidst the cold of winter
When half spent was the night
Isaiah 'twas foretold it
The rose I have in mind
With Mary we behold it
The Virgin Mother kind
To show God's love aright
She bore to us a Saviour
When half spent was the night
O Saviour, Child of Mary
Who felt our human woe
O Saviour, King of glory
Who does our weakness know
Bring us at length, we pray
To the bright courts of heaven
And to the endless day
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kind of odd Hearing christian music in a different language.