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Hirten wachen im Feld, Nacht ist rings auf der Welt, Wach sind die Hirten alleine Im Haine. Und ein Engel so licht Grüßet die Hirten und spricht: "Christ, das Heil aller Frommen, Ist kommen!" Engel singen umher: "Gott im Himmel sei Ehr' Und den Menschen hienieden Sei Frieden!" Eilen die Hirten fort, Eilen zum heilgen Ort, Beten an in den Windlein Das Kindlein.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 140.
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Shepherds watch in the field; night surrounds the world; only the shepherds are awake in the grove. And an angel so bright greets the shepherds and says: "Christ, the salvation of all pious souls, is come!" The angels sing all around: "Glory to God in Heaven! And to men down below, peace!" The shepherds hurry forth, hurry to the holy place, and worship the infant in swaddling clothes.
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