長(zhǎng)期以來(lái),經(jīng)常唱的圣誕歌有:
《平安夜》(Silent Night)
《普世歡騰,救主下降》(Joy to the World!)
《鈴兒響叮當(dāng)》(Jingle Bells)
《天使歌唱在高天》(Angels We Have Heard on High)
《緬想當(dāng)年時(shí)方夜半》(It Came Upon A Midnight Clear)
《美哉小城,小伯利恒》(O Little Town of Bethlehem)
《牧人聞信》(While Shepherds Wa tched Their Flocks)
《遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)在馬槽里》(Away in the Manger )
《榮耀天軍》(Angels,from the Realms of Glory)
《聽(tīng)啊,天使唱高聲》(Hark! the Herald Angels Sing)
《圣誕鐘聲》(I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day)
《想你,特別是在圣誕夜》
《當(dāng)圣誕節(jié)降臨在小鎮(zhèn)》(When Christmas Come To Town)
英文兒歌《We wish you a merry Christmas》
《Santa Claus is coming to town》
《Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer》
《Jingle Bell Rock》
《Rrosty The Snowman》等等,
其中以《平安夜》(Silent Night)最為有名。
《平安夜》是奧地利的一個(gè)小地方的小鄉(xiāng)村教會(huì)的神父Joseph Mohr在1816年寫的歌詞,曲作者Franz Gruber是當(dāng)?shù)氐囊晃荒瑹o(wú)聞的音樂(lè)老師。據(jù)說(shuō)當(dāng)時(shí)是因?yàn)樾〗烫玫墓茱L(fēng)琴壞了,所以Mohr神父要Gruber先生為他寫的這首歌譜上用吉它伴奏的曲子應(yīng)急。歌譜后來(lái)由修管風(fēng)琴的人帶出來(lái),外面的世界才得以知道這首歌。這首歌很快傳開(kāi)受人喜愛(ài)。今天她已經(jīng)幾乎成為圣誕節(jié)的官方“節(jié)歌”。她被譯成許多種文字。上面那個(gè)網(wǎng)頁(yè)就有67種不同語(yǔ)言的105種不同版本的歌詞。
《平安夜》:
Silent night! Holy night! 平安夜,圣善夜。
All is calm, all is bright! 真寧?kù)o,真光明。
Round yon virgin mother and child!圣光環(huán)繞圣母圣嬰,
Holy Infant, so tender and mild, 圣潔嬰孩純真可愛(ài)。
Sleep in heavenly peace, 盡享天賜安眠,
Sleep in heavenly peace. 盡享天賜安眠。
《普世歡騰,救主下降》
Joy To The World
- traditional/G. F. H?ndel -
Joy to the world
The Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing
《聽(tīng)啊,天使唱高聲》
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
—國(guó)王學(xué)院合唱團(tuán)(Cambridge King's College Choir)—
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born king
Peace on earth and mercy mild
god and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
join the triumph of the skies
with angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born king
Hail the heav′n-born prince of peace
hail the son of rightousness
Light and life to all he brings
Risen with healing in his wings
Mild he lays his glory by
born that man no more may die
born to raise the sons of earth
born to give them second birth
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born king
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born king
Peace on earth and mercy mild
god and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
join the triumph of the skies
with angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born king
Uhhh yeah
(Glory) Glory to the new born king
With angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born
Glory to the new born
Glory to the new, born king
Mhhh yeah
Sing it