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We Three Kings

A música We Three Kings, também conhecida como We Three Kings of Orient Are, foi escrita em 1857 por John Henry Hopkins Jr., um clérigo episcopal dos Estados Unidos. Hopkins compôs a música para um desfile de Natal na General Theological Seminary em Nova York, onde ele estava instruindo. A música narra a jornada dos três Magos para visitar o recém-nascido Jesus Cristo, cada um dos versos descrevendo os presentes que eles traziam: ouro, incenso e ... mirra. Foi originalmente destinada como uma canção de Natal para um peça de teatro. Ver mais [+]

We three kings of Orient are; bearing gifts we traverse afar
field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star.

O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Born a king on Bethlehem's plain, gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never, over us all to reign.

O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Frankincense to offer have I; incense owns a Deity nigh;
prayer and praising, voices raising, worshipping God on high

O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom;
sorrowing sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.

Glorious now behold Him arise; King and God and sacrifice:
Alleluia, Alleluia sounds through the earth and skies.

O-oh star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.