Stille Nacht (Silent Night) – Lyric Video

Discover the lyrics of your favourite Christmas carols. Join the Clare College Singers and sing along to the classic German Christmas carol "Stille Nacht"!

Text:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Alles schläft, einsam wacht
nur das traute, hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
schlaf in himmlischer Ruh,
schlaf in himmlischer Ruh.

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
Hirten erst kundgemacht
Durch der Engel Alleluja,
Tönt es laut bei Ferne und Nah:
Christ, der Retter ist da!
Christ, der Retter ist da!

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht
Lieb aus deinem göttlichen Mund,
da uns schlägt die rettende Stund,
Christ, in deiner Geburt,
Christ, in deiner Geburt.

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[peggywhyte]

59 years ago my Gramma Kittler would sing silent night in German, every year. Hearing this brings back many good memories. she passed in 1963 and now, all the family's gone, they can all get together in heaven, and I will join them when my time comes

[SharonSchwinge-jpso]

My husband Wolfgang passed away in 2022. This was his favourite Christmas carol. When I hear this carol I get tears in my eyes. It brings back memories.

[ciaran]

I'm 54 & I learned this song in German in a school choir in Ireland when I was about 9.
At that time no one had ever heard Silent Night sung in it's native language.
I swear I'm not joking when I say there were adults with tears streaming down their faces when we finished singing it.
I will never forget looking at the people faces & I realised how music can really effect people

[philippecolin]

I learned this song at school as a kid 54 years ago, as a Frenchman I loved this language, German is a wonderful and powerful language despite what people generally say

[AnniOrterer]

Bei diesem wunderschönen Weihnachtslied kommen mir immer die Tränen. ❤️
Frohes Weihnachtsfest 🌟🙏

[gearsmashking]

On Dec.11 2023, my grandfather passed away. He immigrated to Canada from Germany in the 50s when he was a teenager. He was fluent in both English and German. I remember one year we all sang Silent Night, in both languages and he was so happy.

I remember him saying, "Frohe Weihnachten" as he raised his glass. To which we replied, "Merry Christmas, " raising our glasses too. I think that will be one of many cherished memories of him.

Rest peacefully, Granddad. We'll keep you in our hearts and memories forever. And Frohe Weihnachten to all.

[AnjaS.-jidy]

Das wunderschönste Weihnachtslied auf der ganzen Welt ❤❤

[dukefleedactarus]

As Italian I can say that this original german version is too beautiful, the best one. Buon Natale a tutti.

[markmiller]

My Dad sung this in flawless German as he learned that before English and still spoke it to his Grandmother. Every Christmas Eve with a hot Tom and Jerry’s he’d break out the record and sing this with just the lights of the tree and candles burning. I really miss those days. Wish I could hear his voice singing it miss him terribly even a decade and a half after he was called home. Still sing it in German when played at Midnight Mass do it for him, usually someone hears me and smiles.

[markoklein]

Bei dem wunderschönen Weihnachtsong kriege ich Gänsehaut und Tränen in den Augen

[johnburtonwood]

1964 or there abouts, I first heard this in a German lesson at an English grammar school at the age of 13. I’m 72 now, do not speak German to any extent, but I remember most of these words. Beautiful then, beautiful now.

[ninmohattori]

Meiner meinung nach das beste Weihnachtslied!

[doctor.spencer]

last year was the craziest year of choir i've ever had, but we had a wonderful substitute to get us through while our teacher rested from her surgery and our first substitute quit. he knew so much about music and taught me so much, but i'll never forget the greatest lesson he taught us. he was our teacher around christmas time, so he had a lot of control over what we'd sing for christmas. we sing silent night every year, it's been a school tradition for longer than i was alive likely, but he had a different idea than what we had normally done. he taught us the entire song in german so that we could sing part of it in german, honoring the christmas truce of 1914. he left soon after since his wife was giving birth to their first child, and without a director we never got to sing the way he intended. he taught me something better than music: there is humanity in everything. there is humanity in war, there is humanity in disease, no matter how bad it gets we are still human, and because of that we are never truly seperate. we're now learning about ww1 in my social studdies class, and today we learned about the christmas truce of 1914. i thought of my wonderful substitute, i wonder how his baby is doing. i wish i could tell him that i stil have the entirety of Stille Nacht memorized.

[Ned-nwge]

I only know our version of it, in Dutch, but every time I hear it I get chills and immediately think about the fact that the soldiers of both sides in the first year of wwI would unite, and have a small 'peace' during Christmas, and it started when they heard each other singing this song.

[saijapalmutie]

Vielen dank for diesel Lied; habe schon als Kind in der Schule hier in Finland kennen gelernt❤ Wunsche euch alle Gottes segen❤

[thomasgutknecht]

Die wohl schönste Version

Danke euch allen. Sängern, Musikern und dem Dirigenten.
So soll es klingen. Das schönste deutsche Lied, dass alle Menschen auf der Erde kennen.
Soll es alle unsere Herzen verbinden.

[robynryan]

I recall a not too long ago memory where my mom and I were waiting for a bus and she was in her wheelchair. She got scared at night, but I played her this and sang her this. And it calmed her down. She loved when I sang to her in German. I will never forget this memory.

[mehdiciel]

I am a Muslim yet this carol takes my soul up in the heaven, it's absolutely divine ❤❤

[mann]

Es passiert nicht oft, aber der Song geht mir irgendwie ans Herz und berührt richtig. Es ist wunderschön😍

[karl-josefboehm]

Das wohl bekannteste Weinachtslied der Welt. Das erste mal wurde dieses Lied 1818 im oberöstreischichen Oberndorf bei Salzburg von Joseph Franz Mohr und Franz Xaver Gruber gesungen ! 🥰
Wenn ich dieses Lied heute höre berührt es mich immer noch und ich bin auch schon 66 Jahre alt 😪🤔😘
😊😘🎅🕯️🎁🎻🎼🎙️👈👏💪🤜🤛🙏