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Text: | Ye Birds, Awake, For Dawn Is Near |
Author: | B. S. Ingemann |
Tune: | [Ye birds, awake, for dawn is near] |
Composer: | C. E. F. Weyse |
1 Ye birds, awake, for the dawn is near,
Enliven the land with your singing;
Sing praises to God from your loftiest sphere
And thank Him for life and the light that the morning is bringing.
2 The swallows fly, by the church at play,
While sparrows from dwellings are pouring;
They all sing good morning and bid you good day:
"God's speed to you all while we joyfully upward are soaring."
3 Their joyful songs to the Lord arise,
He knows ev'ry bird under heaven;
He watches their flight and He heareth their sighs,
He gives them protection when tempests them widely have driven.
4 Thou watchest over Thy children, God,
Thy child in Thy kindness rejoices;
When leaving their perches the birds soar abroad,
Thou hearest the praise of Thy children 'mongst millions of voices.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ye birds, awake, for the dawn is near |
Title: | Ye Birds, Awake, For Dawn Is Near |
Author: | B. S. Ingemann |
Meter: | 9, 9, 11, 15. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1927 |
Topic: | Morning and Evening |
Notes: | Danish first line: Nu vaagner alle Guds Fugle smaa; Translator: P. C. Paulsen |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Ye birds, awake, for dawn is near] |
Composer: | C. E. F. Weyse |
Meter: | 9, 9, 11, 15. |
Key: | G Major |