We Three Kings in Old English [Christmas Carol] - The Skaldic Bard

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Here’s my translation, arrangement and performance of the Christmas carol “We Three Kings (of Orient Are)” / “The Quest of the Magi” in Old English. It was written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857.

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Lyrics:
Wē þrī cyningas of ēastheorran,
mid ġifum wē faraþ feorran.
Ofer felda
ġehwelċ ġelda
folgaþ ġeonum steorran.

On Hlāfhūse cyning ġeboren,
þurh gold is mīn āþ Him ġesworen.
Cyning ǣfre,
ne biþ nǣfre
His cynedо̄m forloren.

Þū wundorsteorra nihtlīċa,
Cynesteorra brihtlīċa.
West þū lǣdest,
ġit þū þæt dēst.
Līht Hine, þū rihtlīċa!

Wē þrī cyningas of ēastheorran,
mid ġifum wē faraþ feorran.
Ofer felda
ġehwelċ ġelda
folgaþ ġeonum steorran.

Rēcels bringe iċ on þæt set,
forþām stо̄r biþ Gode ġemet,
Frēawine
wēorðian Hine
on hēahnesse folc hēt.

Þū wundorsteorra nihtlīċa,
Cynesteorra brihtlīċa.
West þū lǣdest,
ġit þū þæt dēst.
Līht Hine, þū rihtlīċa!

Iċ mid myrran biterum cwо̄m,
hēo bodaþ on līfe glо̄m.
Sorg and sice,
dēaþ for swice,
sēо̄ rо̄d wæs Godes dо̄m.

Þū wundorsteorra nihtlīċa,
Cynesteorra brihtlīċa.
West þū lǣdest,
ġit þū þæt dēst.
Līht Hine, þū rihtlīċa!

Hwæt! Nū sē þrymfæsta ārīst!
Cyning, God and lāclīċ Crīst,
Heofonas singaþ Alleluia,
ēac eorðe þæt word ċīst.

Þū wundorsteorra nihtlīċa,
Cynesteorra brihtlīċa.
West þū lǣdest,
ġit þū þæt dēst.
Līht Hine, þū rihtlīċa!

Wē þrī cyningas of ēastheorran,
mid ġifum wē faraþ feorran.
Ofer felda
ġehwelċ ġelda
folgaþ ġeonum steorran.

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