This Catalonian carol is called Cold December Flies Away in English.
El desembre congelat / Confús es retira. Abril, de flors coronat, / Tot el món admira, Quan en un jardí d’amor / Neix una divina flor D’una ro, ro, ro, / D’una sa, sa, sa, D’una ro, / D’una sa, D’una rosa bella, / Fecunda i poncella. El primer pare causà / La nit tenebrosa El mes de maig ha florit, / Sense ser encara, |
Cold December’s winds were stilled / In the month of snowing. As the world fell dark one night, / Springtime’s Hope was growing; Then one rose-tree blossomed new, / One sweet Flower on it grew. On the tree once bare, / Grew the Rose so fair, Ah, the Rose, ah, the Rose, Ah the Rose tree blooming, / Sweet the air perfuming. When the darkness fell that night, / Bringing sweet reposing, Now the month of May was here, / Filled with God’s own radiance; |
Church Calendar: Advent, Christmas, Easter
Hymn Tune: LO DESEMBRE CONGELAT
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