We proclaim joy, we comfort you.

1. We proclaim joy, ; We comfort you, ; We wish the Lord of this house ; Now to greet, ; And to comfort. ; To the holy cross, ; For this is a new year. ; ; 2. Nineteen hundredth, ; And sixty-eighth, ; Already come, ; And it is fulfilled. ; ; 3. Therefore, our hearts, ; We turn to God, ; AND to dear Jesus ; To the holy cross, ; For this is a new year. ; ; 4. Let us rejoice in this new year, ; Little Jesus is born, we worship. ; We improve our lives, our lives, ; Little Jesus is born, we worship from the heart.