Once in Royal David's City - Songs For Children

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Once in royal davids city

曾经在皇家大卫城

Stood a lowly cattle shed

伫立在简陋的牛棚里

Where a mother laid her baby

一位母亲把她的孩子放在那里

In a manger for his bed

马槽里放着他的床

Mary was that mother mild

Mary是个温柔的母亲

Jesus christ her little child

耶稣基督她的孩子

He came down to earth from heaven

他从天堂降临人间

Who is god and lord of all

谁是上帝万物之主

And his shelter was a stable

他的庇护所是一个马厩

And his cradle was a stall

他的摇篮摇摇欲坠

With the poor and mean and lowly

和穷苦卑微的人在一起

Lived on earth our saviour holy

活在世上我们的救世主

And through all his wondrous childhood

在他美妙的童年时光里

He would honor and obey

他会尊重服从

Love and watch the lowly maiden

深爱着卑微的少女

In whose gentle arms he lay

他躺在她温柔的臂弯里

Christian children all must be

基督徒的孩子都必须

Mild obedient good as he

温和听话像他一样好

For he is our childhoods pattern

因为他是我们儿时的榜样

Day by day like us he grew

他像我们一样一天天长大

He was little weak and helpless

他有点虚弱无助

Tears and smiles like us he knew

像我们一样的泪水和笑容他知道

And he feeleth for our sadness

他理解我们的悲伤

And he shareth in our gladness

他与我们分享喜悦

And our eyes at last shall see him

我们终将看见他

Through his own redeeming love

通过他自己的救赎之爱

For that child so dear and gentle

为了那个可爱温柔的孩子

Is our lord in heavn above

我们的上帝在天上吗

And he leads his children on

他带领着他的孩子们

To the place where he is gone

回到他消失的地方

Not in that poor lowly stable

不是在那简陋的马厩里

With the oxen standing by

牛就在那里

We shall see him but in heaven

我们会在天堂见到他

Set at gods right hand on high

站在神的面前右手高高举起

Where like stars his children crowned

在那里他的孩子戴着皇冠

All in white shall wait around

一身白衣等待着