[Verse 1] SY-lent NAHYT, HOH-lee NAHYT AWL iz KAHLM, AWL iz BRAHYT ROWND yon VIR-jin, MUH-ther and CHAYLD HOH-lee IN-fent, soh TEN-der and MAHYLD SLEEP in heh-VEN-lee PEES SLEEP in heh-VEN-lee PEES
[Verse 2] SY-lent NAHYT, HOH-lee NAHYT SHEP-herdz QUAKE at thuh SYT GLOR-eez STREEM from HEH-vuhn uh-FAR HEH-vuhn-lee HOHSTZ sing AH-luh-LU-yah KRYST thuh Sah-VAY-yer iz BOARN KRYST thuh Sah-VAY-yer iz BOARN
[Chorus] (soft choir, long echoes) SY-lent… NAHYT… HOH-lee… NAHYT…
[Verse 3] SY-lent NAHYT, HOH-lee NAHYT SAHN uhv GAHHD, LUHVZ pyur LAHYT RAYD-yent BEEMS from THY HOH-lee FAYS WIH thuh DAWN uhv reh-DEEM-ing GRAYS JEE-zus, LORD, at THY BERTH JEE-zus, LORD, at THY BERTH