Chorale 5 – Puer natus in Bethlehem
Text known to Bach (Weimar 1713):
Puer natus in Bethlehem,
Bethlehem,
unde gaudet Jerusalem,
Halle, Hallelujah.
Ein Kind gebohrn zu Bethlehem/
Bethlehem/
des freuet sich Jerusalem/
Alle/ Alleluja.
English
A boy is born in Bethlehem,
Bethlehem;
wherefore rejoices Jerusalem,
Halle-, Hallelujah.
A child is born in Bethlehem,
Bethlehem;
wherefore rejoices Jerusalem,
Alle-, Alleluia.
Origination:
Melody: Lucas Lossius (1508-82) – Psalmodia, Nuremberg 1553
Text: Anon. 14th century or earlier
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