New Christmas Music: Riu Riu Chiu

Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Dios guarde el lobo / as God kept the wolf
De nuestra cordera / from our lamb

Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Dios guarde el lobo / as God kept the wolf
De nuestra cordera / from our lamb

Riu riu chiu riba / [nightingale singing]
Riu chiu chiu riba / [nightingale singing]

El lobo rabioso la quiso morder / the rabid wolf tried to bite her
Mas Dios poderoso la supo defender / but God Almighty knew how to defend her
Quisole hazer que no pudiesse pecar / He wished to create her impervious to sin
Ni aun original la Virgen no tuviera / nor was this maid to embody original sin

Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it

Este viene a dar a los muertos vida / He comes to give life to the dead
Y viene a reparar de todos la caida / He comes to redeem the fall of man
Es la luz del dia aqueste mocuelo / this child is the light of day
Este es el cordero que San Juan dixera / He is the very lamb Saint John prophesied

Riu riu chiu riba / [nightingale singing]
Riu chiu chiu riba / [nightingale singing]

Yo vi mil Garzones que andavan cantando / a thousand singing herons I saw passing
Por aqui bolando, haciendo mil sones / flying overhead, sounding a thousand voices

Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
Hear the joyful singing
Message of delight
The nightingale is bringing

Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it

Riu riu chiu riba / [nightingale singing]
Riu chiu chiu riba / [nightingale singing]

Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it
Riu riu chiu / [nightingale singing]
La guarda ribera / the riverbank protects it