Riu Riu Chiu

[Jessica Mae]

ok so Riu Riu Chiu is like one of my favorite songs on David's new album, but does anyone know what the words mean in English? even a rough translation is fine.
all i know is that the song has something to do with a nightingale.

thanks! :D

[Courtney Archuleta]

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

The rabid wolf tried to bite her
But God Almighty knew how to defend her
He wished to create her impervious to sin
Nor was this maid to embody original sin
Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

He comes to give life to the dead
He comes to redeem the fall of man
This child is the light of day
He is the very lamb Saint John prophecied

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

A thousand singing herons
I saw passing,
Flying overhead, sounding
A thousand voices
Exhulting, "Glory be in the
heavens, and peace on earth,
for Jesus has been born."

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

He comes to give life to the dead
He comes to redeem the fall of man
This child is the light of day
He is the very lamb Saint John
prophesied

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

A thousand singing herons
I saw passing
Flying overhead, sounding
a thousand voices
Exhulting, "Glory be in the
heavens, and peace on earth
for Jesus has been born."

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb.

[Deszra]

Ohh nice!!!!Thats one of my favorite songs too, and the lyrics are rly good!!!

Courtney Archuleta said:

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

The rabid wolf tried to bite her
But God Almighty knew how to defend her
He wished to create her impervious to sin
Nor was this maid to embody original sin
Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

He comes to give life to the dead
He comes to redeem the fall of man
This child is the light of day
He is the very lamb Saint John prophecied

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

A thousand singing herons
I saw passing,
Flying overhead, sounding
A thousand voices
Exhulting, "Glory be in the
heavens, and peace on earth,
for Jesus has been born."

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

He comes to give life to the dead
He comes to redeem the fall of man
This child is the light of day
He is the very lamb Saint John
prophesied

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb

A thousand singing herons
I saw passing
Flying overhead, sounding
a thousand voices
Exhulting, "Glory be in the
heavens, and peace on earth
for Jesus has been born."

Riu, riu, chiu (nightingale's sounds)
The river bank protects it,
As God kept the wolf from our lamb.

[Krista]

I was wondering this earlier today too, thanks for asking and thanks Courtney! :)
This song is Spanish right? Pat a Pan is French and Ave Maria is Latin, I think?

[Maria Angelica]

Wuauuuuu I love this song too, especially 'cause is in spanish!!!!! I was very excited when I listened it!!!
his spanish is very well!!!

[Maria Angelica]

Yes!!! there is a song in latin, and also in french, but just the first verse, the rest is in english!!!
he's very good at languages!!!

Krista said:

I was wondering this earlier today too, thanks for asking and thanks Courtney! :)
This song is Spanish right? Pat a Pan is French and Ave Maria is Latin, I think?

[madalyn]

it's not all the way exact because the words are too sacred....

[Char]

WOW thanks a lot for the translation! I love Riu Riu Chiu even tho I have no idea what it means...till now of course. My most favorite Christmas song everrrr!!!!

[Vita Archuleta]

ohh i love this song too ;DD
pat-a-pan is funny i love that ^^
have yourself a merry christmas is better without charice lol. what do u think?

[Leannegelle Penamora]

i agree...HYAMLC is better w/o Charice!! ugh, hate her.... :P

Lily Evitaputri said:

ohh i love this song too ;DD
pat-a-pan is funny i love that ^^
have yourself a merry christmas is better without charice lol. what do u think?

[Jessica Mae]

madalyn said:

it's not all the way exact because the words are too sacred....

yeah i figured it probably wouldn't be quite the same in English but the lyrics are still really neat!!
it's a great song!! :)

[Jessica Mae]

Midget4Life said:

Yes Pat-A-Pan is french and Ave is Latin.I know the french version of Pat-A-Pan and David made the right choice to sing just the first verse in french lol French is so tough to speak but add singing on top of it its like AHHHHHHHHHH it took me 5 years to learn french and a year to be able to sing any french songs in public lol his version very beautiful though

Krista said:

I was wondering this earlier today too, thanks for asking and thanks Courtney! :)
This song is Spanish right? Pat a Pan is French and Ave Maria is Latin, I think?

Oh man I bet!! i'd be happy if i could just sing well in english lol!! that's really cool! :)

[Anushka]

Thank you for posting this discussion! :) love Tiu Riu Chiu and I really wanted to know what it meant... :)