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330. Pequeño Pueblo de Belén/O Little Town of Bethlehem

1 Pequeño pueblo de Belén
Que duermes sin soñar,
Te cubre con su manto azul
La estrella de la paz.
Mas en tus muros arde
Un fuego celestial:
Es Dios que quiso por amor
Nacer en tu portal.

2 Al pobre establo de Belén
Un Niño descendió:
Pequeño trigo en el pajar,
Cordero sin pastor.
Mas esta Noche Santa
La vida nos abrió,
Pues, quien acaba de nacer:
Es Cristo, nuestro Dios.

3 María a Cristo hoy nos dio
En carne de mortal.
Y mientras velas, tu, Belén,
Dormido el mundo está.
Alumbra ya el lucero
Con llama celestial,
Y brota en esta noche azul,
El himno de la paz.

4 ¡Oh, Santo Niño de Belén!
Desciende con tu amor,
Y echando fuera todo mal,
Nace en nosotros hoy.
Angélicos cantores
Le anuncian al nacer:
Ven con nosotros a morar,
Jesús, Emanuel.

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1 1 O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.

2 O holy Child of Bethlehem!
Descend to us we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in,
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel!

Text Information
First Line: Pequeño pueblo de Belén (O little town of Bethlehem)
Title: Pequeño Pueblo de Belén/O Little Town of Bethlehem
English Title: O little town of Bethlehem
Author: Phillips Brooks, 1835-1892
Translator (st. 1-3): B. B. G.
Translator (st. 4): T. M. Westrup (alt.)
Meter: 86 86 78 86
Language: English; Spanish
Publication Date: 2001
Topic: Navidad: Domingos y Ferias
Notes: País: Estados Unidos
Tune Information
Name: ST. LOUIS
Composer: Lewis H. Redner, 1831-1908
Meter: 86 86 78 86
Key: F Major or modal



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