खामोश रात

खामोश है रात, बखत है रात (Khaamosh hai raat, bakhat hai raat)

Author: Joseph Mohr; Translator: Anonymous
Tune: STILLE NACHT
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

खामोश है रात, बखत है रात,
हर चीज़ है चुप हर चीज़ है शान्त
मां और बेटे के तौर पर
धन्य शिशु को प्रनाम कर
येसु तेरे जनम पर
येसु तेरे जनम पर.

खामोश है रात, बखत है रात,
भेदवान देखें वोह पहला निशान
परियां गांएं गीत आलैलुया
बुलाएं किनारे और दूर से
देखो, देखो येह शिशु को.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14149

Author: Joseph Mohr

Joseph Mohr was born into a humble family–his mother was a seamstress and his father, an army musketeer. A choirboy in Salzburg Cathedral as a youth, Mohr studied at Salzburg University and was ordained in the Roman Catholic Church in 1815. Mohr was a priest in various churches near Salzburg, including St. Nicholas Church. He spent his later years in Hintersee and Wagrein. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: खामोश है रात, बखत है रात (Khaamosh hai raat, bakhat hai raat)
Title: खामोश रात
German Title: Stille nacht, heilige nacht
Author: Joseph Mohr
Translator: Anonymous
Language: Hindi
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

STILLE NACHT

Although he composed nearly one hundred works, Franz Gruber is remembered for only one–the tune of "Silent Night," composed on Christmas Eve, 1818. He scored the tune for tenor and bass soli (sung by Mohr and Gruber on that night) with the final phrase to be repeated in harmony (sung by the villag…

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