For you to ponder.
(Untuk kamu renungkan.)
May children be merry
(Semoga anak-anakmu ceria)
When Santa brings toys.
(Saat Santa membawa mainan.)
Some for the girls
(Beberapa untuk anak perempuan)
And some for the boys.
(Dan beberapa untuk anak laki-laki.)
I pray you have food
(Aku berdoa kamu memiliki makanan)
And plenty to eat:
(Dan banyak makan:)
Turkey and gravy
(Kalkun dan saus)
And lots of sweets.
(Dan banyak permen.)
I hope your family's there,
(Aku harap keluargamu ada di sana,)
Friends and neighbors, too.
(Teman dan tetangga juga.)
So merry Christmas
(Selamat Natal)
From all of us to all of you.
(Dari kami semua untuk kalian semua.)
5. Christmas oleh John Betjemen
The bells of waiting Advent ring,
The Tortoise stove is lit again
And lamp-oil light across the night
Has caught the streaks of winter rain
In many a stained-glass window sheen
From Crimson Lake to Hookers Green.
The holly in the windy hedge
And round the Manor House the yew
Will soon be stripped to deck the ledge,
The altar, font and arch and pew,
So that the villagers can say
'The church looks nice' on Christmas Day.