| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | De tierra lejana venimos a verte (From a distant home the Savior we come seeking) |
| Title: | From a Distant Home |
| Spanish Title: | De Tierra Lejan Venimos |
| Translator: | George K. Evans |
| Translator: | Walter Ehret |
| Meter: | 12.12 with refrain |
| Scripture: | Matthew 2:23; Matthew 2:1-12 |
| Source: | Puerto Rican carol |
| Language: | English; Spanish |
| Refrain First Line: | O brillante estre (Lovely eastern star) |
| Copyright: | Copyright © 1963, 1980 by Walter Ehret and George K. Evans, from The International Book of Christmas Carols. Reprinted by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ISLA DEL ENCANTO |
| Meter: | 12.12 with refrain |
| Key: | c minor |