We Three Kings

We three kings of Orient are ( We are three kings from the East ) is a popular English Christmas song. Text and music were provided by the American John Henry Hopkins ( 1820-1891 ).

In it, the three kings who in the Gospel (Mt 2 EU) be designated as the Three Wise Men from the East, one after the other before. Your three gifts have Jesus Christ as King and God and sacrifice.

There are numerous edits and recordings of the song in different styles.

Text

We three kings of Orient are; Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.

Frankincense to offer have I; Incense owns a Deity nigh; Prayer and praising, voices raising, Worshipping God on high.

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom; Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone cold tomb.

Glorious now behold Him do arise; King and God and sacrifice; Alleluia, Alleluia, Sounds through the earth and skies.

( All three) We are three kings from the East, Bring gifts from afar, About field and source, moor and mountain If we follow that star.

( Melchior ) Born a King on Bethlehem's floor, Gold I bring to crown Him again, King for ever, incessantly, About to rule them all.

( Caspar ) Offer incense I have, Incense of a deity is close, Prayer and price, all raise their voices, Pray him to God in the highest.

( Balthasar ) Myrrh comes from me, ye bitter scent Breathes a life of accumulated gloom; Mourning, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the icy grave.

( All) Glorious now, see him rise; King and God and sacrifice; Alleluia, Alleluia, Sounds it to the earth and sky.