Sing merrily, zithers!
Song
Play joyfully, lyres, Jesus is born; Sound drums and trumpets, God became man. The holy Virgin, who bore him and received him in her womb, The archangel Gabriel called this blessed. You poor, you shepherds can boast, For among you is the baby Jesus, rejoice. He asks nothing of you, but a pure heart and soul; We ask for you a request, eternal life. Here the creator of the heavens lies in a manger; The creator of heaven and earth rests among the cattle. Shepherds of sheep and cattle, and servants of the Lord; Noble fairies, standard-bearers of the wide world.