Glade Jul [English translation]

Happy Christmas, Lovely Christmas

Angels descend into hiding

Hither they fly with paradise green1

Where they see what to God is pretty

Secretly among us they go

Secretly among us they go

Christmas joy, eternal joy

Sacred song with heavenly sound

It is the angels that the shepherds saw

At that time the Lord was in the manger

Eternal is the song of angels

Eternal is the song of angels

Peace on earth, joy on earth

The baby Jesus among us lives

Angels sing about the child so beautifully

He has opened the door of Heaven

Blessed is the song of the angels

Blessed is the song of the angels

Blessed peace, heavenly peace

Sounds Christmas night down here

Angels bring to great and small

News of him, who lay in the manger

Rejoice, every soul he has saved

Rejoice, every soul he has saved

1. Refering both to the event of the dove bringing back a leaf to Noah and the old custom of taking evergreen plants into the house as a sign of survival or life.