Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: Jerusalem on high

But not they desire a better country. Heb. 11:16

1.  Jerusalem on high
    My song and city is
    My home whene'er I die
    The center of my bliss.

   O happy place! When shall I be,
    My God, with Thee, to see Thy face!

2. There dwells my Lord, my King,
    Judged here until to live;
    There angels to Him sing,
    And lowly homage give.

3. The patriarchs of old
    There from their travels cease;
    The prophets there behold
    Their long'd-for Prince of peace.

4. The Lamb's apostles there
    I might with joy behold;
    The harpers I might hear
    Harping on harps of gold.

5. The bleeding martyrs, they
    Within those courts are found;
    All cloth'd in pure array
    Their scars with glory crown'd.

6. Ah me! ah! me! That I
    In Kedar's tents here stay:
    No place like this on high;
    Thither, Lord, guide my way.
Amen.

YORUBA LYRICS: Jerusalem’ t’orun

Sugbon nisisiyi won nfe ilu kan ti O dara ju be lo. Heb. 11:16.

1. Jerusalem’ t’orun
   L’orin mi, ilu mi!
   Ile mi bi mba ku;
   Ekun ibukun mi;

Ibi ayo!
Nigbawo ni
Un o r’oju Re
Olorun mi?

2. Nibe l’Oba mi wa,
   T’a da l’ebi l’aye;
   Angeli nkorin fun,
   Won si nteriba fun.

3. Patriark igbani,
   Par’ayo won nibe
   Awon woli, won nwo,
   Omo Alade won!

4. Nibe ni mo le ri
   Awon Aposteli;
   At’awon akorin
   Ti nlu harpu wura

5. Ni agbala wonni,
   Ni awon Martir wa;
   Won wo aso ala,
   Ogo bo ogbe won.
  
6. T’emi yi sa su mi,
   Ti mo ngb’ago Kedar;
   Ko si ‘ru yi loke,
   Nibe ni mo fe lo. Amin.

Composed by: Charles Steggall