Between the ox and the grey donkey | Soft on the hay in a cattle shed

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Alexandra Glynn

Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris

(Sung text for setting by P. Ayres)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG

Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de ce dieu d’amour.

Entre les deux bras de Marie
Dort, dort, dort le fruit de vie
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de ce dieu d’amour.

Entre les roses et les lys
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de ce dieu d’amour.

 ... 

En ce beau jour si solennel
Dort, dort, dort l’Emmanuel
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de ce dieu d’amour.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,5 of the original text.

Composition:

Paul Ayres

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Alexandra Glynn) , "Between the ox and the grey donkey", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 126

Between the ox and the grey donkey

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Ayres)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Soft on the hay in a cattle shed,
Slumber in a manger bed.
Lullay, little boy, purity and joy,
Everlasting love that I longed to see.

Mary embraces the little one.
Slumber, God’s beloved son.
Lullay, little boy, purity and joy,
Everlasting love that I longed to see.

Sweetly, where roses and lilies twine,
Slumber, Lord and King divine.
Lullay, little boy, purity and joy,
Everlasting love that I longed to see.

 ... 



Briars and thorns in a wreath are wound.
Slumber, you shall wear a crown.
Lullay, little boy, purity and joy,
Everlasting love that I longed to see.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,5 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-05
Line count: 17
Word count: 100