Joy to the world

Joy to the world je jedna z mých nejoblíbenějších vánočních písní. Původní hudbu zkomponoval George F. Händel, ale dnes má mnoho podob a variací.

Text napsal Isaac Watts a najdete ho uvnitř článku.


Mp3 nahrávku najdete tady.

Slova písně jsou následující:

1. verze:
Joy to the world! the Lord is 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.

2. verze:
Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

3. verze:
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

4. verze:
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

Vybrala jsem video, ve kterém zpívá tuto píseň Aretha Franklin. Hezký poslech!


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