Oslo Gospel Choir — Mariavise song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Mariavise" by Oslo Gospel Choir.

Lyrics

Legg barnet mitt lunt i et teppe
Og la oss få hvile og ro
Det var ikke plass hos det travle
Det var ikke plass til oss to
Når livet blir til, må det elskes
Og elskes fordi det er til
Så vanskelig er det å la det få rom
Få rom til å bli hva det vil
Han kom som at lys fra Guds himmel
En engel fortalte meg alt
Og jeg tok i mot, og var åpen
Jeg visste at nå var jeg kalt
Til bare å være en åker
Der såkomet gror av seg selv
Så lot jeg mysteriet sakte ta form
I barnet jeg fødte i kveld
Vi fant ikke husrom, du lille
Det var ikke plass noe sted
Og så ble du lagt i en krybbe
Nå fyller du mørket med fred
Og varmen fra husdyr er blandet
Med duft av din nyfødte hud
Så sterkt og så nært er ditt ansikt i natt
Du evide, sårbare Gud
Svøp sjalet rundt barnet som sover
Og la oss få hvile og ro
Det var ikke plass hos de travle
Det var ikke plass til oss to
Når livet blir til, må det elskes
Og elskes fordi det er til
Så vanskelig er det å la det få rom
Få rom til å bli hva det vil

Lyrics translation

Put my child warmly in a blanket
And let's have a rest and tranquility
There was no place at the busy
There was no room for the two of us
When life comes into being, it must be loved
And be loved because it is to
So hard is it to let it have room
Make room become what it wants
He came as that light from God's heaven
An angel told me everything
And I accepted, and was open
I knew that now I was called
To just be a field
Where the seed grows by itself
Then I let the mystery slowly take shape
In the child I gave birth tonight
We did not find house room, you little
There was no place anywhere
And then you were laid in a manger
Now you fill the darkness with peace
And the heat from domestic animals is mixed
With the scent of your newborn skin
So strong and so close is your face in the night
You evide, vulnerable God
Wrap the shawl around the child who sleeps
And let's have a rest and tranquility
There was no place at the busy
There was no room for the two of us
When life comes into being, it must be loved
And be loved because it is to
So hard is it to let it have room
Make room become what it wants