What is this fragrance softly stealing?
Shepherds! It sets my heart a-stir!
Never was sweetness so appealing-
Never were flowers of spring so fair!
What is this fragrance softly stealing?
Shepherds! It sets my heart a-stir!
What is this Light around us streaming?
Out of the dark – with blinding ray –
Purer than Star of Morning’s seeming –
Showing our path as plain as day!
What is this Light around us streaming?
Out of the dark – with blinding ray!
What is this Wonder all around us
Filling the air with Music light!
Shepherd! some magic here hath found us!
Never mine ears knew such delight!
What is this Wonder all around us
Filling the air with Music light!
(Repeated vs 1)
credits
from Advent 2014,
track released December 7, 2014
Vocals: L.D.A.L.
Arrangement: L.D.A.L./DeguMoth Studios
Text, melody, and this English translation: public domain
Original Carol: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Traditional French – approx. 17th Century)
Melody: Lorrain (French - 17th Century or older)
English Translation: K. W. Simpson
Melody and text used here are from Richard Runciman Terry’s Two Hundred Folk Carols (public domain)
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