Carol 3
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2. To Bethlehem,
To see wonders,
that are to be seen.
1. Tell us, children,
How do you know this?
2. In the air it is sung by Angels
with loud voices. Listen, heed!
Verses
Today you see in a stable
The word speechless,
Greatness in smallness,
Immensity in blankets.
All: Such wonders!
From a star the Sun is born,
the Ocean reaches a shore
and a Flower blooms,
infant fruit wakens.
All: Such wonders!
The Immutable is in pain
the burning Fire cools down,
Divinity becomes human,
and Rectitude inclines.
All: Such wonders!
The One before all tremble, trembles;
Sovereignty steps down,
Courage diminishes
and Laughter itself cries.
All: Such wonders!
The earth is Heaven now
in this Night that is Dawn;
Eternity is temporary,
and death is what Life was.
All: Such wonders!
Truth is today disguised,
Strength weakens,
Omnipotence shrinks
and clear Light is now eclipsed.
All: Such wonders!
Now Royalty is humble,
now Happiness is tears,
now hardships are tenderness
and Justice is now Mercy.
All: Such wonders!
Now Wealth is poverty,
and the Powerful a beggar,
and the Lion, always victor,
is now Lamb for sacrifice.
All: Such wonders!
He who had no beginning
his being of Time begins;
the Creature, as a creature,
is now subject to our griefs.
All: Such wonders!
Men: Hear these wonders
that are more than human joys:
God is Man, Man is God,
and among them they are in touch.
All: Such wonders!
~Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
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