"What Child Is This?" adalah lagu Natal klasik yang dinyanyikan oleh Jewel Kilcher. Lirik lagu yang menggugah ini merefleksikan keajaiban kelahiran Yesus, ketika para malaikat bersorak dan para gembala menjaga, sementara Bayi Yesus beristirahat di pangkuan Maria. Lagu ini berlanjut dengan merenungkan penderitaan yang akan dilalui Kristus untuk menebus dosa-dosa umat manusia, mendorong kita untuk membawa persembahan kita dan menyambutnya sebagai Raja segala raja.
What Child Is This? Lyrics
Jewel Kilcher
What child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing,
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary.
Why lies he in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear, for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce Him through,
The Cross be borne for me, for you;
Hail, hail, the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,
Come, peasant, king, to own him.
the King of kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
The Virgin sing her lullaby,
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing,
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe, the son of Mary.
Why lies he in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear, for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce Him through,
The Cross be borne for me, for you;
Hail, hail, the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,
Come, peasant, king, to own him.
the King of kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
The Virgin sing her lullaby,
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
