1 Silent night! shadowy night!
Purple dome, starry light!
Pouring splendor of centuries down,
Gold and purple, a glorious crown,
Where the manger so rude and wild
Cradles a child, a sleeping child.

2 Silent night! mystical night!
Kings and seers sought thy light,
Where the watch of the shepherds is kept,
Heavenly hots thro’ the stillness have swept,
Clear, proclaiming a Savior born!
Singing the morn, the Christmas morn.

3 Holy night! heralding dawn!
Far and near breaks the morn!
Breaks the day when the Savior of men,
Bringing pardon and healing again,
“Holy harmless and undefiled,”
Cometh a child, a little child.