Ēala ēarendel,engla beorhtast,
ofer middangeardmonnum sended,
ond sōðfæstasunnan lēoma,
torht ofer tunglas,þū tīda gehwane
of sylfum þēsymle inlihtes!
Swā þū, god of godegearo acenned,
sunu sōþan fæder,swegles in wuldre
būtan anginneǣfre wǣre,
swā þec nū for þearfumþīn āgen geweorc
bīdeð þurh byldo,þæt þū þā beorhtan ūs
sunnan onsende,ond þē sylf cyme
þæt ðū inlēohteþā þe longe ǣr,
þrosme beþeahteond in þeostrum hēr,
sǣton sinneahtes;synnum bifealdne
deorc dēaþes sceadudrēogan sceoldan.
Nū wē hyhtfullehǣlo gelyfað
þurh þæt word godesweorodum brungen,
þe on frymðe wæsfæder ælmihtigum
efenece mid god,ond nū eft gewearð
flæsc firena lēas,þæt sēo fǣmne gebær
geomrum to gēoce.God wæs mid ūs
gesewen būtan synnum;somod eardedon
mihtig meotudes bearnond se monnes sunu
geþwǣre on þēode.Wē þæs þonc magon
secgan sigedryhtnesymle bi gewyrhtum,
þæs þe he hine sylfne ūssendan wolde.
Hail Earendel, brightest of angels,
Sent to men over middle-earth,
And true radiance of the sun,
Fine beyond stars, you always illuminate,
From your self, every season!
As you, God born wholly of God,
Son of the true Father, were ever
In the glory of heaven without beginning,
So now your own creation awaits you
Through eternity in need, that you send
To us that bright sun, and you yourself come
So that you illuminate those who for the longest time,
Covered by smoke, and in darkness here,
Dwelled in continual night; enfolded in sins,
They had to endure the dark shadow of death.
Now we believe in joyful salvation,
Brought to people through the word of God,
Which in the beginning was from the Father almighty,
Jointly eternal with God, and now again became
The flesh without sin that the virgin bore
Through suffering to safety. God was with us,
Seen among sins; the mighty child of fate
And the son of man dwelt together,
United amidst the people. We may express
Our thanks to the Lord of victory always through our deeds,
Because he wanted to send himself to us.