This Endris Night

This Endris Night

This endris night I saw a sight,
A star as bright as day,
And ev'r among, a maiden sung,
Bye bye, Lully, lullay.

This lovely lady sat and sang,
And to her child did say,
"My son, my brother, father dear,
Why liest thou thus in hay?"

The child then spake in his talking,
And to his mother did say,
"Yea, I am known as heaven-king
In crib though I be laid.”

"That child or man, who will or can
Be merry on my day,
To bliss Thou bring—and I shall sing,
Bye, bye, Lullay, lullay."