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Joy to the world
Verse 1
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Verse 2
Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
Verse 3 (optional)
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
Verse 4
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Versurile aparțin autorului englez de imnuri Isaac Watts și au la bază Psalmul 98 din Biblie. Cântarea a fost publicată prima dată în 1719, în culegerea lui Watts, The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship. Watts a scris cuvintele cântării "Joy to the World" ca un imn care slăvește revenirea triumfătoare a lui Hristos la sfârșitul veacurilor, nu ca o cântare despre prima Lui venire. Astăzi se mai folosește doar a doua jumătate a versurilor lui Watts.
Muzica a fost adaptată și aranjată pe versurile lui Watts de Lowell Mason, în 1839, după o melodie mai veche despre care se credea atunci că ar proveni de la Handel, nu în ultimul rând pentru că tema refrenului (And heaven and nature sing...) apare în deschiderea orchestrală și în acompaniamentul recitativului Comfort ye din oratoriul Messiah de Handel, iar primele patru note se potrivesc cu începutul corurilor Lift up your heads și Glory to God din același oratoriu. Totuși, Handel nu a compus întreaga melodie. Pentru melodie se folosește în general numele "Antioch".
La sfârșitul secolului XX, "Joy to the World" era cea mai publicată cântare de Crăciun din America de Nord.
(Sursa: Wikipedia)
The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship. Watts wrote the words of "Joy to the World" as a hymn glorifying Christ's triumphant return at the end of the age, rather than a song celebrating His first coming. Only the second half of Watts' lyrics are still used today.
The music was adapted and arranged to Watts' lyrics by Lowell Mason in 1839 from an older melody which was then believed to have originated from Handel, not least because the theme of the refrain (And heaven and nature sing...) appears in the orchestra opening and accompaniment of the recitative Comfort ye from Handel's Messiah, and the first four notes match the beginning of the choruses Lift up your heads and Glory to God from the same oratorio. However, Handel did not compose the entire tune. The name "Antioch" is generally used for the tune.
As of the late 20th century, "Joy to the World" was the most-published Christmas hymn in North America.
(Source: Wikipedia)