This endris night

1.	This endris night I saw a sight,
A star as bright as day;
And ever among, a maiden sung,
‘Lullay, by by, lullay.’

2.	This lovely lady sat and sung,
And to her child did say:
‘My son, my brother, father, dear,
Why liest thou thus in hay?

3.	'My sweetest bird, thus ‘tis required,
Though thou be king veray;
Bur nevertheless I will not cease
To sing, By by lullay.’

4.	The child then spake in his talking,
And to his mother said:
Yea, I am known as heaven-king,
In crib though I be laid;

5.	'For angels bright down to me light:
	Thou knowest ‘tis no nay:
	And for that sight thou may’st delight
	To sing, By by lullay.’

6.	Now, sweet son, since thou art a king,
why art thou laid in stall?
Why dost not order thy bedding
In some great kingès hall?