A Pearl that is forgotten Lyrics

A pearl that is forgotten,

Is so carefully looked up,

The shiny diamond is set

In the top of a golden crown.

One does not throw a grape

Among dry branches,

Shall I then behold my God

In such wretchedness?

Why should not the halls of the lord

Stand adorned for you?

You had to command,

Whatever you pointed to!

Why did you not let yourself be wrapped

In the light like a ribbon

And the kings of the earth run

To kiss your hand?

Why did you not let a sky be stretched

For your tent

And star torches burn,

You great celestial hero?

Why did not a mighty angelic guard appear

Who should have laid you in a silken quilt

So splendidly?

No, Jesus gets his bed

In this good season,

Where beggars are wont to hide.

It was not his own,

The hay in which he lay,

He had not much,

He could lie on.

A sparrow has its nest

And a safe resting place,

A swallow dares not seek

For night shelter and peace,

A lion knows its den,

Where it can find its rest:

Shall my savior hide

In a strange stable on straw?

Oh, come, I will open

My heart, soul and mind

With a thousand sighs of longing,

Come, Jesus, come in here!

It is not a strange dwelling,

You have bought the expensive one,

Here you shall be faithful

Wrapped in love.

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