Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: SOFTLY AND TENDERLY JESUS IS CALLING


1. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, 
Calling for you and for me; 
See, on the portals he's waiting and watching, 
Watching for you and for me. 
Chorus:
Come home!..., come home!...; 
you who are weary come home; 
earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, 
calling, O sinner, come home! 
2. Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, 
Pleading for you and for me? 
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies, 
Mercies for you and for me?
3. Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, 
Passing from you and from me; 
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, 
Coming for you and for me.
4. O for the wonderful love he has promised, 
Promised for you and for me! 
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon, 
Pardon for you and for me.

YORUBA LYRICS: Gbo bi Oluwa ti npe lohun jeje

 1. Gbo bi Oluwa ti npe lohun jeje
   O nkesi o, at 'emi
   Wo! O nfi suru duro lenu ona
   Nduro de t'emi tire

Wa 'le... wa 'le....
Enyin t'are mu, wa le
Tifetife li Olugbala nkigbe
O npe elese wa 'le

2. Ese t'a fi nlora 'gba Jesu nsipe
   Nsipe fun t'emi tire
   Ese t'a fi nkegan opo anu Re?
   Anu fun t'emi tire

3. Wo! b'akoko ti nsure t'o nkoja lo
   Nkoja fun t'emi tire
   Ojo ogbo de tan iku nsunmole
   Iku mbo fun o f'emi

4. A! ife 'yanu t'o ti se ileri
   'Leri fun t'emi tire
   Bi a tile d'ese, idariji mbe
   O mbe fun o at'emi
Amin. 


Composed by Will Lamartine Thompson (Story Behind)