German Carol, Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen, ca. 1500, public domain;
music: Michael Praetorius, 1609, public domain; arran: Copyright 2009 Tyler Somers (BMI), One Eyed Cat Music (BMI)

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming, as men of old have sung.
It came, a floweret bright, amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.

This Flower, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor the darkness everywhere;
True Man, yet very God, from sin and death He saves us,
And lightens every load.