Феликс Мендельсон - Hark! the herald angels sing - текст песни (слова), перевод

The Charles Wesley text given is that of Hymn For Christmas Day from the fourth (1743) edition of Hymns and Sacred Poems by John and Charles Wesley. The Hark, the herald angels sing variation seems to have originated from Martin Madan (1760), but it has undergone other amendations, most notably by George Whitfield (1753). Sometimes the original fifth stanza is given with four lines in reverse order, and it is also the case that the stanzas have sometimes been reordered (both evident in The Hymnal 1982 of The Episcopal Church). The original text was set in ten 77. 77 meter stanzas, the now traditional setting is in meter 77. 77. D with refrain (taken from the first two lines of the typical variation).   
 Charles Wesley (1743) 
  Typical hymnal version 
  1. Hark, how all the welkin rings 
"Glory to the King of kings; 
Peace on earth, and mercy mild, 
God and sinners reconcil'd!" 
  1. Hark! The herald angels sing, 
"Glory to the new-born King; 
Peace on earth, and mercy mild, 
God and sinners reconciled!" 
  2. Joyful, all ye nations, rise, 
Join the triumph of the skies; 
Universal nature say, 
"Christ the Lord is born to-day!" 
  Joyful, all ye nations, rise. 
Join the triumph of the skies. 
With th' angelic hosts proclaim, 
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!" 
  "Hark! the herald angels sing, 
"Glory to the new-born King." 
 
  3. Christ, by highest Heaven ador'd, 
Christ, the everlasting Lord: 
Late in time behold him come, 
Offspring of a virgin's womb! 
  2. Christ, by highest heaven adored, 
Christ, the everlasting lord 
Late in time behold Him come, 
Off-spring of the Virgin's womb 
  4. Veil'd in flesh, the Godhead see, 
Hail th' incarnate Deity! 
Pleas'd as man with men to appear, 
Jesus, our Immanuel here! 
  Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, 
Hail, the incarnate deity 
Pleased as man with man to dwell, 
Jesus, our Emmanuel. 
  "Hark! the herald angels sing, 
"Glory to the new-born King." 
 
  5. Hail, the heavenly Prince of Peace, 
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! 
Light and life to all he brings, 
Risen with healing in his wings. 
  3. Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace, 
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness 
Light and life to all he brings, 
Risen with healing in his wings. 
  6. Mild he lays his glory by, 
Born that man no more may die; 
Born to raise the sons of earth; 
Born to give them second birth. 
  Mild he lays his glory by, 
Born that man no more may die 
Born to raise the sons of earth, 
Born to give them second birth. 
  "Hark! the herald angels sing, 
"Glory to the new-born King." 
 
  7. Come, desire of nations, come, 
Fix in us thy humble home; 
Rise, the woman's conquering seed, 
Bruise in us the serpent's head. 
  4. Come, desire of nations come, 
Fix in us thy humble home; 
Oh, to all thyself impart, 
Formed in each believing heart! 
  8. Now display thy saving power, 
Ruin'd nature now restore; 
Now in mystic union join 
Thine to ours, and ours to thine. 
  Now display thy saving power, 
Ruined nature now restore; 
Now in mystic union join 
Thine to ours, and ours to thine. 
  "Hark! the herald angels sing, 
"Glory to the new-born King." 
 
  9. Adam's likeness, Lord, efface, 
Stamp thy image in its place. 
Second Adam from above, 
Reinstate us in thy love. 
  5. Adam's likeness, Lord, efface, 
Stamp thine image in its place: 
Second Adam from above, 
Reinstate us in thy love. 
  10. Let us thee, though lost, regain, 
Thee, the life, the inner man: 
O, to all thyself impart, 
Form'd in each believing heart. 
  Let us thee, though lost, regain, 
Thee, the life, the inner man: 
O, to all thyself impart, 
Formed in each believing heart. 
  "Hark! the herald angels sing, 
"Glory to the new-born King."