1. The horizon wore the robes of clouds
So the light and stars were hidden by them and set

2. And the roar of thunder shook the mountains
And lightning flashed from the dripping clouds

3. Rain poured from the heart of the sky
And the wind blew singing in the deserts

4. They all slept in Bethlehem
Except the Mother of God and the little child

5. She remained kneeling and the cradle
Her child rose in it, not in the bed

6. That mother and her devotion to her Lord
A sign that fills us with wonder

7. What love was in her love
What human joy and delight

8. Whenever her heart swooned over Him
She felt the zeal fade from her

9. Then she said: “O this boy
You are my Lord and over all things Powerful.”

10. Thus she remained bowing before Him
And the bright eyelid drew me toward her

11. The night was about to turn and depart
Dawn was about to yawn with the smile of a maiden

12. And the infant God granted sleep
Lying between the breaths of the flock

13. His mother singing hymns to Him
While He smiled at her without sleeping

14. His gaze was upon her and his hand
Stroked his shining forehead

15. He spent the night awake and she spent it singing
While passion blew and rain drizzled

16. Sleep my beloved, for the night has stretched out
And the rain continued in the heart of the clouds

17. The cold has gnawed, so why this insomnia?
How is this laughter in this torment?

18. Your tender body brighter than the full moon
No bed, no prayer rug, no clothes

19. You are with the One who laughs and does not sleep
Lying in a cradle unable to toss and turn

20. Sleep my beloved, the time has come for us to wake
For darkness has saddled the mounts for the journey

21. If you sleep may you be visited by dreams of gold
And may peace extend over your eyelids

22. For worries will fade with a little sleep
Insomnia is but torment for people

23. A night, my son, full of wonders
A night whose duration astounds

24. An immaculate night in which
She gives birth to her Lord as the Evangelist said

25. O children of Adam, rejoice and be glad
For the Redeemer, the Rescuer is born

26. Mary continued in that chant
While her son smiled, refusing to sleep

27. Then she said: “My child, will you not sleep
For I weep from prolonged insomnia”

28. She uttered this and her tears flowed
She leaned over her boy, trembling

29. When her child saw her trembling
And the tears flowing down her cheek

30. He closed his eyes and sleeping was sweet
And he went on dreaming about destiny

31. A halt in Bethlehem for the chaste
It has remained a wondrous secret among mortals

32. Mary lies down in the cave of sheep
Her son, God, the Awaited Messiah

33. No shirt, no mattress, no blanket
No crying, no commotion, no discontent

34. She knelt near her boy in worship
Of the Creator of the cosmos, the Knower of conscience

35. Her son and He is the Glorious God
Sleeping among the straw and barley