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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Translation © by Christakis Poumbouris

Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE GER GRE

Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå,
skønt Himlen var hans eje.
Hans pude her blev hø og strå,
mørkt var det om hans leje! 
Men stjernen over huset stod,
og oksen kyssed barnets fod. 
Halleluja! Halleluja! Barn Jesus! 

Hver sorgfuld sjæl, bliv karsk og glad,
ryst af din tunge smerte,
et barn er født i Davids stad
til trøst for hvert et hjerte. 
Til barnet vil vi stige ind
og blive børn i sjæl og sind. 
Halleluja! Halleluja! Barn Jesus!

Text Authorship:

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), first published 1832 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå" [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by John Theodore Livingston Raynor.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert Schumann, Georg Vierling.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'enfant Jésus était couché dans une crèche", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Μια φάτνη σκέπει το Χριστό", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 80

Mia phatnē skepei to Christo

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) after the Danish (Dansk)

Mia phatnē skepei to Christo,
Ki as tu anēkei ē plasē.
Proskephalo ’chei achyro,
Kerioy tu leipei ē lampsē.
Tē stegē asteri lampryne
Kai bodi chadi charize.
Allēloyia, Allēloyia, Christoylē!
 
Baria kardia chara tha brei,
Na pan’ oi egnoies chōria.
Polē ierē genna paidi
Gia olus parēgoria.
Autoy ankalē as mas dechthei,
Paidioy kratame nun, psychē.
Allēloyia, Allēloyia, Christoylē!

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Text Authorship:

Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2015 by Christakis Poumbouris, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), first published 1832
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This text was added to the website: 2015-07-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 59