Oh Holy Night – English Lyrics

• By: Nina Nesbitt
• Album: Mountain Music

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of English through Nina Nesbitt's serene and heartfelt version of "Oh Holy Night." This gentle, folky rendition offers a wonderful opportunity to learn expressive vocabulary and phrasing related to themes of hope and reverence, all within a beautifully arranged piece of music.

[English]

[Music]

Oh Holy

Night the stars are brightly

shine it is the night of our dear

savior's

SP long lay the world in sin and

aing till he

appeared and the Soul felt it

wor a thrill of

home the wey World

rejoices beond the

breaks a new and glorious morning

Fall on Your

Knees oh

hear the angel's

voes

oh

night

[Music]

divine oh

night when Christ was born

oh ho night night the stars are bright

they

shine it is the night of our dear

savior's

birth long lay the world world is sin

and there

till he

appeared and the Soul fell it

wor a thrill of

Hope the wey World

rejoices for

oner

breaks a new and glorious

morning for

on your

knees oh

he the angels's

voice

oh

might

Divine oh

might when Christ was born

[Music]

oh

night oh

night div

[Applause]

div when Christ was

[Music]

born oh

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

night when Christ was

B

[Music]

Key Grammar Structures

• The stars are brightly shining.

  ➔ Present Continuous (Progressive)

  ➔ The verb "are shining" shows an action happening right now.

• It is the night of our dear Savior's birth.

  ➔ Possessive ’s (genitive case)

  ➔ "Savior's" shows that the birth belongs to the Savior.

• Long lay the world in sin.

  ➔ Inversion (subject‑verb order)

  ➔ "Long lay" places the verb before the subject for poetic effect.

• And till he appeared, the world was in darkness.

  ➔ Past Simple with "till" (until)

  ➔ "Appeared" is a past‑simple verb that describes a completed action at a specific time.

• The soul felt a thrill of hope.

  ➔ Past Simple for a completed feeling

  ➔ "Felt" shows that the feeling happened at a specific past moment.

• The world rejoices beyond the broken.

  ➔ Present Simple for habitual or timeless truth

  ➔ "Rejoices" is in the present simple, indicating a general, ongoing celebration.

• A new and glorious morning breaks.

  ➔ Simple Present with intransitive verb "breaks"

  ➔ "Breaks" describes the action of the morning starting, without a direct object.

• Fall on your knees, oh hear the angels' voices.

  ➔ Imperative mood + vocative expression

  ➔ "Fall" and "hear" are imperative verbs giving direct commands; "oh" is a vocative interjection.

• Divine night when Christ was born.

  ➔ Noun phrase with relative clause (non‑restrictive)

  ➔ "when Christ was born" is a relative clause that adds extra information about "night".