Midnight Has Come is my translation of the French Christmas carol Cantique de Noël by Placide Cappeau (1843). This song was translated into English by John S. Dwight as O Holy Night (1855).
I have heard people say that the French original is both better and worse than the standard translation O Holy Night. I was curious whether I could make a singable translation that was closer to the French original. I still depart from the original in some instances, as meter or rhyme required, or as suited my own idea of what a Christmas carol should say.
The text expresses joyful hope, patience in suffering, and faithful prayer (Romans 12:12).
