Maria, Tahukah Engkau

"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah sebuah kidung Natal dari pengarang teks Mark Lowry dan penggubah musik Buddy Greene. Pertama kali direkam oleh penyanyi lagu Kristen Michael English dalam album solo berjudul namanya sendiri pada tahun 1991 (saat itu English dan Lowry sama-sama adalah anggota grup Gaither Vocal Band). Lagu ini mencapai peringkat no. 6 pada AC Chart CCM Magazine. Lowry sendiri kemudian merekam lagu itu beberapa kali, terutama dengan Gaither Vocal Band untuk album Natal mereka tahun 1998 "Still the Greatest Story Ever Told".

Sejak itu lagu ini menjadi kidung Natal terkenal dan direkam oleh berbagai artis dari berbagai genre musik.

 Teks lagu 

 Asli (bahasa Inggris)  Terjemahan bahasa IndonesiaMary did you know that your baby boyMaria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuWill one day walk on water?suatu hari akan berjalan di atas air?Mary did you know that your baby boyMaria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuWill save our sons and daughters?akan menyelamatkan putra dan putri kami?Did you know that your baby boyTahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuHas come to make you new?telah datang untuk membuatmu menjadi baruThis child that you've deliveredAnak yang kaulahirkan iniWill soon deliver yousegera akan menyelamatkanmuMary, did you know that your baby boyMaria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuWill give sight to a blind man?akan memberi penglihatan bagi seorang buta?Mary, did you know that your baby boyMaria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuWill calm a storm with his hand?akan meneduhkan badai dengan tangan-Nya?Did you know that your baby boyTahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuHas walked where angels trod?telah berjalan di mana para malaikat melangkahAnd when you kiss your little babyDan ketika engkau mencium bayi kecilmu,You've kissed the face of Godengkau mencium wajah AllahOh, Mary did you knowOh, Maria, tahukah engkau?Ooh...The blind will see,orang buta akan melihatthe deaf will hear,orang tuli akan mendengarThe dead will live againorang mati akan hidup kembaliThe lame will leap,orang lumpuh akan melompatthe dumb will speak,orang bisu akan berbicaraThe praises of the lambpuji-pujian bagi sang domba Mary did you know that your baby boyMaria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuIs Lord of all creation?adalah Tuhan atas seluruh ciptaanMary did you know that your baby boyMaria, tahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuWill one day rule the nations?suatu hari akan memerintah bangsa-bangsa Did you know that your Baby BoyTahukah engkau bahwa bayi laki-lakimuIs Heaven's perfect Lamb?adalah Domba sempurna dari sorgaThis sleeping child you're holdinganak tertidur yang kau buai iniIs the great I amadalah "Aku adalah (Aku)" yang agung

 Versi Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd 

Sebuah versi duet direkam oleh Wynonna Judd dan Kenny Rogers dalam album "holiday" Rogers "The Gift" mencapai peringkat puncak No. 55 pada chart Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks tahun 1997.

Posisi Peringkat

Chart (1997)Posisipuncak

 Versi Clay Aiken 

"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah single kelima Clay Aiken dalam album Natal Merry Christmas with Love. Aiken menampilkan lagu ini pada The Tyra Banks Show.

Chart positions

Chart (2005)PosisipuncakU.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks35U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Songs32

 Versi Cee Lo Green 

"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah track ke-11 dalam album Natal Cee Lo Cee Lo's Magic Moment. Pada tanggal 15 Desember 2012 lagu ini muncul pada chart US R&B Songs chart di peringkat no. 22. Juga menjadi lagu kredit penutup pada film tahun 2014 produksi 20th Century Fox, Son of God.

Chart positions

Chart (2012)PosisipuncakU.S. Billboard R&B Songs11U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs44

 Versi Pentatonix 

"Mary, Did You Know?" adalah track ke-6 dalam album Natal kedua Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me. Lagu ini dirilis dan mencapai peringkat puncak No. 26 pada chart mingguan Billboard Hot 100 untuk minggu yang berakhir pada tanggal 6 Desember 2014.

Chart positions

Chart (2014)Posisipuncak

 Versi terkenal lainnya 

 1993: Kathy Mattea on her Christmas album Good News, which won a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
 1995: Vickie Winans recorded the song for her self-titled album
 1997: Gary Chapman on his Christmas album "This Gift"
 1998: Donny Osmond did his rendition of this song as a ballad for his album Christmas at Home.
 1999: Reba McEntire on her Christmas album The Secret of Giving
 2001: Hayley Westenra on her second album, My Gift to You, released in New Zealand and Australia, by Universal New Zealand label; also included as a bonus song on a special UK version of her first international album, Pure (2003); and performed it on her 2004 PBS Great Performances special, Live from New Zealand, which was released on DVD.
 2004: The Katinas on their album Family Christmas
 2005: Jeff Fenholt on his album "Down from his glory ... and more"
 2006: Stan Whitmire recorded his solo-piano arrangement on his second Christmas album, "Christmas Around The Piano."
 2007: Kimberley Locke on her album Christmas
 2008: Kutless on BEC Recordings album X Christmas
 2011: Rascal Flatts released a version of the song as a single, which appears on the 2012 compilation A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy to the World
 2012: Don Moen on his album Christmas: A Season of Hope (a duet with its composer, Buddy Greene)
 2012: Jeremy Camp on his album Christmas: God with Us
 2012: Scotty McCreery on his album Christmas with Scotty McCreery
 2013: Mary J. Blige on her album A Mary Christmas
 2013: The Oak Ridge Boys on their album Christmas Time's A-Comin'
 2015: India.Arie on Christmas with Friends; a duet with Gene Moore, Jr.
 2015: Jordan Smith on [[The Voice (U.S. season 9)|The Voice'''s season nine]] finals. This version reached 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
 2015: Peter Hollens published a six-voice a capella version on YoutubeMary, did you know - Peter Hollens (Youtube Video)
 2015: The Braxtons on their Christmas album Braxton Family Christmas Musikal 

The song was also used as the basis for a stage musical, also titled Mary, Did You Know'' and written by Bruce Greer, that won the 1999 Dove Award for Musical of the Year.

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