Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: Pleasant are Thy courts above

How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts?. Ps.84:1

1.  Pleasant are Thy courts above,
    In the land of light and love;
    Pleasant are Thy courts below,
    In this land of sin and woe,
    O my spirit longs and faints;
    For the converse of Thy saints
    For thy brightness of Thy face,
    For Thy fullness, God of grace!

2. Happy birds that sing and fly
    Round Thy altars, O most High
    Happier souls that find a rest
    In a heavenly Father's breast!
    Like wandering dove that found
    No repose on earth around,
    They can to their ark repair,
    And enjoy it ever there.

3. Happy souls! Their praises flow
    In this vale of sin and owe;
    Waters in the desert rise,
    Manna feeds them from the skies,
    On they go from strength to strength,
    Till they reach Thy throne at length;
    At Thy feet adoring fall
    Who hast led them safe through all

4. Lord, be mine this prize to win
    Guide me through a world of sin;
    Keep me by Thy saving grace;
    Give me at Thy side a place,
    Sun and shield alike Thou art;
    Guide and guard my erring heart:
    Grace and glory flow from Thee;
    Shower, O shower them, Lord on me!

Amen.

YORUBA LYRICS: Bugbe Re ti l’ewa to

Ago Re wonni ti lewa to? OD. 84:1

1. Bugbe Re ti l’ewa to
   N’ile ‘mole at’ife!
   ‘Bugbe Re ti l’ewa to
   L’aye ese at’osi!
   Okan mi nfa ni toto
   Fun idapo eeyan Re
   Fun imole oju Re
   Fun ekun Re Olorun.

2. Ayo ba awon eye
   Ti nfo yi pepe Re ka,
   Ayo okan t’o nsimi
   L’aya Baba l’o poju,
   Gege b’adaba Noa
   Ti ko r’ibi simi le,
   Won pada s’odo Baba
   Won si nyo titi aye.

3. Won ko simi iyin won
   Ninu aye osi yi;
   Omi sun ni aginju,
   Manna nt’orun wa fun won
   Won nlo lat’ ipa de ‘pa
   Titi won fi yo si O;
   Won si wole l’ese Re
   T’o mu won la ewu ja.

4. Baba, je ki njere be;
   S’amona mi l’aye yi;
   F’ore-ofe pa mi mo;
   Fun mi l’aye l’odo Re;
   Iwo l’orun, at’asa;
   To okan isina mi,
   Iwo l’orisun ore,
   Ro ojo Re s’ori mi.
Amin.

Composed by: Walter Bond Gilbert