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¿Qué niño es éste?

Representative Text

1 ¿Qué niño es éste que al dormir
en brazos de María,
pastores velan,
ángeles la cantan melodías?

Estribillo:
Él es el Cristo el Rey,
pastores, ángeles cantad;
venid, venid a Él,
al hijo de María.

2 ¿Porqué en humilde establo así
el niño ha nacido?
Por todo injusto pecador
su amor ha florecido. [Estribillo]

3 Traed ofrendas en su honor,
oh pueblos y naciones;
al Rey de reyes, Salvador,
un trono levantemos. [Estribillo]


Source: El Himnario Presbiteriano #95

Translator: Angel M. Mergal

(no biographical information available about Angel M. Mergal.) Go to person page >

Author: William C. Dix

Most British hymn writers in the nineteenth century were clergymen, but William C. Dix (b. Bristol, England, 1837; d. Cheddar, Somerset, England, 1898) was a notable exception. Trained in the business world, he became the manager of a marine insurance company in Glasgow, Scotland. Dix published various volumes of his hymns, such as Hymns of Love and Joy (1861) and Altar Songs: Verses on the Holy Eucharist (1867). A number of his texts were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Qué niño es éste que al dormir
Title: ¿Qué niño es éste?
English Title: What child is this, who, laid to rest
Author: William C. Dix (1865)
Translator: Angel M. Mergal
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: El es el Cristo el Rey
Copyright: Tr. © 1991 Editorial Concordia

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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

¡Cantad al Señor! #11

Cáliz de Bendiciones #112

Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) #28

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El Himnario #95

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El Himnario Presbiteriano #95

Himnario Luterano #438

Himnos de Vida y Luz #125

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Mil Voces para Celebrar #112

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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