Bela Jesuo, estro de la estroj

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1. Bela Jesuo, estro de la estroj,
Dia Filo sen kompar'!
Vin mi honoras, Vin mi adoras,
Vin, gvidant' tra l' vivo-mar'.

2. Belas la montoj, belas la arbaroj,
Mondo estas bel' sen fin'.
Sed, Jesu mia, jen belo Via
Multe pli ĝojigas min.

3. Belas la suno, belas ankaŭ luno,
Steloj sub la firmament'.
Pli bela brilo de l' Dia Filo
Ravas nin al ama sent'.

4. Belas la floroj, belas pli la homoj,
Dum la freŝa, juna fort'.
Jen ni forpasos, belon postlasos,
Sed Jesu savas nin de l' mort'.

5. Teran belecon kaj ĉiel-helecon
Superbrilas Via bel'.
Mia Savanto, Dia Peranto,
Mia nura amo-cel'!

Source: TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #49

Author, v. 2 (attributed): Heinrich August Hoffmann von Fallersleben

(no biographical information available about Heinrich August Hoffmann von Fallersleben.) Go to person page >

Translator: Hendrik Arie de Hoog

H. A. de Hoog (authorities differ as to whether his surname should be alphabetized under d or under H) was a Dutch Esperantist and a member of the Esperanto Academy, head of its grammar section beginning in 1972, president of KELI (the main international association of Protestant Esperantists) and of its Dutch section, author of several books in Esperanto, and a member of the editorial committee that produced Adoru kantante (1971), in which he had fifteen hymn translations; thirteen texts in Adoru (2001). Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Bela Jesuo, estro de la estroj
German Title: Schönster Herr Jesu
Author, v. 2 (attributed): Heinrich August Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1842)
Translator: Hendrik Arie de Hoog (1954)
Source: Anonimulo en Münster
Language: Esperanto

Tune

CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)

ST. ELIZABETH appears to be an eighteenth-century tune from the Glaz area of Silesia. It has always been associated with this text. No factual data exists for the legend that this text and tune date back to the twelfth-century crusades, although those apocryphal stories explain one of the names by w…

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SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU (51277)


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