Silent Night

         Po Hamau, Po Hemolele  
Hawaiian version

Beautifully sung by Danny Couch

  Lyrics Transcribed by Lea Cook

Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright.
Round young Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild.
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Po hamau, po hemolele
Malie na mea a pau a ke`alohi
E puni Laua `ano Akua
Keiki Hemolele me lauoho pi`ipi`i
Moe me ka maluhia lani
Moe me ka malunia lani

Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright.
Round young Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild.
Sleep in heavenly peace..
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Sleep in heavenly peace.

                                                                                                        Silent Night! ("Stille Nacht, Heil'ge Nacht")

The origin of the Christmas carol we know as Silent Night was a poem that was written in 1816 by an Austrian priest called Joseph Mohr. On Christmas Eve in 1818 in the small alpine village called Oberndorf it is reputed that the organ at St. Nicholas Church had broken. Joseph Mohr gave the poem of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) to his friend Franz Xavier Gruber and the melody for Silent Night was composed with this in mind. The music to Silent Night was therefore intended for a guitar and the simple score was finished in time for Midnight Mass. Silent Night is the most famous Christmas carol of all time!.

 

 

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