Stars lingered over us shepherds, we commoners Watching our flocks by night Then in the sky above glory of heaven shone Angel appeared in the light And in 400 years Not one word was spoken And the prophets were silent Leaving us in the darkness But then what should appear Do we hear a new sound in this silent night? For the first time Not a silent night ♪ Come let us go and see a long expected king Hurry, new paths we had made "What is this?" wondered we "God in humanity? Were we expecting a babe?" And in 400 years What a sight for sore eyes Of the light through our tears Hearts were pierced by a babe's cry And we fell to our knees at the sound of a king This our hearts reply For the first time Not a silent night ♪ Now, we still waited long to sing our final song And this whole earth joins in groaning Someday soon we will see the glory of our king Take us to our final home And the trumpets will sound With all evil defeated We will rise from the ground With this story completed All will fall to their knees at the sight of a king This our hearts reply For all time Not a silent night