For the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

The blessed Son of God only
In a crib full poor did lie;
With our poor flesh and our poor blood
Was clothed that everlasting good.
Kyrie eleison.

The Lord Christ Jesu, God’s son dear,
Was a guest and a stranger here;
Us for to bring from misery,
That we might live eternally.
Kyrie eleison.

All this did he for us freely,
For to declare his great mercy;
All Christendom be merry therefore,
And give him thanks for evermore.
Kyrie eleison.

--Martin Luther
Translated by Miles Coverdale
Harmonized here by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Christ is born!
Glorify Him!