O Betlehem, du lilla stad [English translation]

O Bethlehem, you little town, how quietly you lay there

Sunken inside of noise from dreamless sleep, when miracles happen

A star lights up and the darkness doesn't assume the power

O all kinds of hopes and faiths have met on this night

So silently and so stealthily, God's gift reaches us

O Heaven came down to Earth when no one expected it

We cannot hear His steps, yet He is still approaching us

O suddenly, as a stranger, He appears

Right here among us

You Child of Bethlehem, we pray, give our eyes light

O purify your heart so that we may

With you, become Children of God

Now, God's hosts of angels calmly sing

O we sing along

O come to us, remain with us, God's son: Emmanuel