[Verse 1]
Listen to the night, heark to the silence
The wind sings in fir-trees, forest's music rings
Rueful is the tune, wailful the soughing
Soothing is the choir, murmur of the trees

[Chorus]
Sound is the sleep under spruce's boughs
Serene are the dreams in darkling shade
Gone are the cares of the waking world
Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart

[Verse 2]
Better is to dream, far sweeter to slumber
Than face the cold days, bear the grim longing
Time to rest a while, close the drowsy eyes
Sleep 'till the dawn, 'till the bleak morning

[Chorus]
Sound is the sleep under spruce's boughs
Serene are the dreams in darkling shade
Gone are the cares of the waking world
Forgotten the sorrows of weary heart

[Bridge]
Under the woeful sky
Snow-white our bed tonight
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Better it would be to sleep forever
In silent shades of the evernight
Sweet are the dreams in the groves of death
Far away from the earthly woes

[Whispered]
Here we sprawl in mellow dusk
In warm caress of the night
Far from from world's betrayals
We sleep

[Chorus]
Sound is the sleep under spruce's boughs
Serene are the dreams in darkling shade
Gone are the cares of the waking world
Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart