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نفسي اسهري قامت لحربك الأعدا

نفسي اسهري قامت لحربك الأعدا

Author: George Heath; Translator: ناصيف اليازجي
Tune: LABAN
Published in 7 hymnals


Representative Text

1 نفسي اسهري قامتْ
لحربِكِ الأعدا
جندُ الخطايا بذَلتْ
في جذبِكِ الجَهدَا

2 صلّي اسهَري حِرصاً
لا تترُكي الحَربا
وجدِّديها دائماً
واستَنجِدي الرَّبا

3 لا تطرَحي سيفا
للغَلبِ بالتَّأميلْ
فالحربُ ليست تنتهي
أو تملِكي الإكليلْ

Source: كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية #389

Author: George Heath

Rv George Heath DD United Kingdom 1745-1822. Born at Exeter, Devon, England, he was educated at the Dissenting Academy and King’s College, Cambridge. He married Mary Ann Kean, and they had 4 children: Louisa, John, Charles, and Benjamin (also a minister). He served as pastor of the Honiton, Devonshire, Presbyterian Church, but proved unworthy and was dismissed for cause. He later became a Unitarian minister. In 1781 he published “Hymns & poetic essays sacred to the worship of the Deity”. He also authored a “History of Bristol”. He became Headmaster of Eton College (1792-1802). He joined the Anglican Church and became Canon of Windsor (1800-1822), Rector of Monks Risborough, Vicar of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, Vicar of… Go to person page >

Translator: ناصيف اليازجي

Nasif al-Yaziji (March 25, 1800 – February 8, 1871) was a Lebanese author at the times of the Ottoman Empire and father of Ibrahim al-Yaziji. He was one of the leading figures in the Nahda movement. We was a poet, wrote and translated many hymns, and helped in translating the complete Bible into Arabic. ناصيف بن عبد الله بن جنبلاط بن سعد اليازجي (25 مارس 1800 - 8 فبراير 1871)، أديب وشاعر لبناني ولد في قرية كفر شيما، من قرى الساحل اللبناني في 25 آذار سنة 1800 م في أسرة اليازجي التي نبغ كثير من أفرادها في الفكر والأدب، وأصله من حمص. لعب دورا كبيرا في إعاد… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: نفسي اسهري قامت لحربك الأعدا
English Title: My Soul, Be on Thy Guard
Author: George Heath
Translator: ناصيف اليازجي
Place of Origin: Lebanon
Language: Arabic
Publication Date: 1867
Copyright: Public Domain

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ترانيم مسيحية #199

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