Bóg się rodzi (God is being born) - English lyricsWith the passing years, more and more Polish people are able to speak English, and many lovely English translations of Polish Carols appear every year, including "Bóg się rodzi". I just randomly picked two of he pack. However, none of the two contains the patriotic fragment "Raise your hand the God's Baby, bless the lovely fatherland".
Version 1: Bóg się rodzi (God is being born)1. God is born, great powers tremble,
Lord of Heaven lies forsaken.
Fire is frozen, splendor darkens,
feeble nature God has taken.
Lowly born, yet Lord to Praises,
Mortal yet the King of Ages.
Now indeed the Word made Flesh has
come on earth to dwell among us.
2. Where, oh heaven, is thy splendor,
dimmed is now your starry azure.
Earth now holds in lowly manger,
the divine unfathomed Treasure!
God e'en now in pain does glory
as unfolds Redemption's story.
Now indeed the Word made Flesh has
come on earth to dwell among us.
Version 2: Bóg się rodzi (God is being born)God is born and night is shaken
He the Heaven's King lies naked.
The living Word knows brightness darkened,
He the Limitless takes limit.
Born disdained yet worship given,
Mortal, yet the Lord eternal.
Now indeed the Word made flesh
Has come on earth to dwell among us.
What hast thou, O Heaven better,
God abandoned thy perfection?
Here to share the trial and sorrow
Of His poor, beloved people.
Suffered much and suffered dearly,
For we all were guilty sinners,
Now indeed the Word made flesh
Has come on earth to dwell among us.
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europeisnotdead.com/audio/melodies-of-europe/european-christmas-carols/poland-bog-sie-rodzi
Some of you may enjoy this 50 minutes lecture
"Mazurkas and Christmas Lullabies", delivered by Professor Adrian Thomas on December 1, 2005,
gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/mazurkas-and-christmas-lullabies
Gresham College, London's oldest Higher Education Institution, founded in 1597, has provided free public talks within the City of London for over 400 years. Recorded lectures can be watched directly on their website or downloaded either in audio or video form. Their wide range offerings - from mathematics to politics - include music category, with several past lectures dealing with Polish music:
St Stanislaus and Student Revelries,
Before Chopin,
Music in History,
Music in the Age of Copernicus,
Henryk Gorecki,
Canzonas and Easter Masses,
Chopin in hands of others,
Music an nationhood,
Lutoslawski,
and many more..