Det lyser i stille grender - Sissel

Det lyser i stille grender

Av tindrande ljos i kveld

Og tusene barne hender

Mot himmelen ljosa held

Og glade med song dei helsar

Sin broder i himmelhall

Som kom og vart heimsens Frelsar

Som barn i ein vesal stall

Der låg han med høy til pute

Og gret på si ringe seng

Med englane song der ute

På Betlehems aude eng

Der song dei for første gongen

Ved natt over Davids by

Den evige himmelsongen

Som alltid er ung og ny

Den songen som atter tonar

Med jubel kvar julenatt

Om barnet, Guds Son, vår sonar

Som døden for evig natt

Lights shines from quiet hamlets

Of twinkling lights tonight

And thousands of children hands

Against the sky bright hero

And happy with the song they greet

His brother in heaven

Who came and was the Savior of the world

As a child in a small stable

There he lay with hay for pillow

And cried on say poor bed

With the English song out there

On Bethlehem's meadow

There they sang for the first time

At night over the city of David

The eternal song of heaven

Who is always young and new

The song that tones again

With cheers left on Christmas night

About the child, the Son of God, our sonar

Like death forever night