This Endris Night 2 Lyrics

This endris night
I saw a sight,
A star as bright as day;
And ever among
A maiden sung,
Lullay, by by, lullay.

1. This lovely lady sat and sang, and to her Child [she] said --
"My son, my brother, my father dear, why lyest Thou thus in hayd.
My sweet bird,
Thus it is betide
Though thou be king veray;
But, nevertheless,
I will not cease
To sing, by by, lullay."

2. The Child then spake in His talking, and to His mother said --
"I bekyd am King, in crib there I be laid:
For Angels bright
Down to Me light,
Thou knowest it is no nay,
And of that sight
Thou mayst be light
To sing, by by, lullay."

3. "Now, sweet Son, since Thou art King, why art Thou laid in stall?
Why not Thou ordained Thy bedding in some great king his hall?
Me thinketh it is right
That king or knight
Should lie in good array;
And then among
It were no wrong
To sing, by by, lullay."

4. "Mary, mother, I am thy child, though I be laid in stall,
Lords and dukes shall worship Me, and so shall kings all;
Yet shall we see
That kings three
Shall come the twelfth day;
For this behest
Give me thy breast
And sing, by by, lullay."

5. "Now tell me, sweet Son, I three pray, Thou art my love and dear,
How should I keep Thee to Thy pay, and make Thee glad of cheer;
For all Thy will
I would fulfil
Thou witest full well in fay,
And for all this
I will thee kiss
And sing, by by, lullay."

6. "My mother dear, when time it be, thou take Me up aloft,
And set Me upon thy knee, and handle Me full soft;
And in thy arm
Thou wilt me warm,
And keep [me] night and day;
If I weep
And may not sleep,
Thou sing, by by, lullay."

7. "Now, sweet Son, since it is so, that all thing is at Thy will,
I pray thee grant me a boon, if it be both right and skill,
That child or man
That will or can
Be merry upon my day;
To bliss them bring,
And I shall sing
Lullay, by by, lullay."