¿Cómo podré estar triste?

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1 ¿Cómo podré estar triste,
cómo entre sombras ir,
cómo sentirme solo,
y en el dolor vivir?
Si Cristo es mi consuelo,
mi amigo siempre fiel,
si aun la aves tienen
seguro asilo en Él,
si aun las aves tienen
seguro asilo en Él.

Estribillo:
¡Feliz, cantando alegre
yo vivo siempre aquí;
si Él cuida de las aves,
cuidará también de mí!

2 "Nunca te desalientes,"
oigo al Señor decir:
y en su Palabra fiado
hago al dolor huir;
a Cristo paso a paso
yo sigo sin cesar,
y todas sus bondades
me da sin limitar,
y todas sus bondades
me da sin limitar. [Estribillo]

3 Siempre que soy tentado,
o que en tinieblas voy
cerca de Él camino,
y protegido estoy.
Si en mí la fe desmaya
y caigo en la ansiedad,
tan solo Él me levanta,
me da seguridad,
tan solo Él me levanta,
me da seguridad. [Estribillo]

Source: El Himnario Presbiteriano #359

Author: Civilla D. Martin

Martin, Civilla Durfee (Jordan Falls, Nova Scotia, August 21, 1866--March 9, 1948, Atlanta, Georgia). Daughter of James N. and Irene (Harding) Holden. She married Rev. John F. Geddes, Congregational minister of Coventryvilee, N.Y. at Jordan Falls Methodist Church, Shelbourne Co., Nova Scotia, on May 19, 1891. There is thus far no information about their marriage and its end. After several years of teaching school, she married Walter Stillman Martin, a Baptist minister, and traveled with him in evangelistic work. However, because of frail health, she was compelled to remain home much of the time. In 1916, they became members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). They had one son, A.G. Martin. In her writing, she used only her initia… Go to person page >

Translator: Vicente Mendoza

Vicente Mendoza Born: De­cem­ber 24, 1875, Guad­a­la­ja­ra, Mex­i­co. Died: 1955, Mex­i­co Ci­ty, Mex­i­co. Mendoza stu­died in­i­tial­ly un­der Don Au­re­lio Or­te­ga. At age of 11 he went to work in a Pro­test­ant print shop in Mex­i­co Ci­ty and helped pro­duce El Evan­gel­is­ta Mex­i­ca­no (The Mex­i­can Evan­gel­ist) for the Meth­od­ist Church of the South; he rose to be­come its di­rect­or for 17 years. Look­ing to im­prove him­self, Men­do­za en­tered a night school for work­ers, but lat­er feel­ing the call to preach the Gos­pel, he en­tered the Pres­by­ter­i­an Sem­in­a­ry in Mex­i­co Ci­ty. When the sem­in­a­ry closed temp­o­rar­i­ly, Men­do­za en­tered the… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: ¿Cómo podré estar triste?
English Title: Why should I feel discouraged
Author: Civilla D. Martin
Translator: Vicente Mendoza
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: Feliz, cantando alegre
Copyright: Public Domain

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