"God rest ye merry, gentlemen" nghĩa là gì?

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"God rest ye merry, gentlemen" -> nghĩa là cầu chúa phù hộ được hòa thuận, hạnh phúc.

Ví dụ
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay (mất tinh thần)
Remember Christ our saviour (vị cứu tinh)
Was born on Christmas Day
To save our souls from Satan’s thrall (nô dịch)
Which long have gone astray
This brings tidings of comfort and joy

It has been known by different names throughout (trong suốt) history, including ‘God Bless You, Merry Gentlemen’ and ‘God Rest Ye, Merry Christians’, and even makes an appearance in Charles Dickens’ novel, A Christmas Carol, early on when Scrooge is terrifying carol singers with his foul temper.

Actually, that’s not quite true, because even in Shakespeare’s time, “ye” was sometimes used as the object form. However, if you want to go that way, you should be consistent (chắc chắn) with your pronouns and sing “God rest ye merry gentlemen/Let nothing ye dismay.” In the second line “you” is also an object, as in “Let nothing dismay you.”

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