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Ja eble aŭrore, dum tago sin vekas

Representative Text

Author: H. L. Turner

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Translator: Leland Bryant Ross

American Baptist layman. Amateur hymnologist and polyglot. Translator of many hymns into, and author of a few in, Esperanto, as well as some hymns in English. 13 texts (incl. 3 original) in Adoru, plus two in Espero Katolika's supplement. Edited the largest online Esperanto hymnal, TTT-Himnaro Cigneta, now accessible via the Wayback Machine at archive.org, (https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113553/http://geocities.com/cigneto/pretaj.html) as well as in large part here on Hymnary.org. Lives near Seattle. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ja eble aŭrore, dum tago sin vekas
English Title: It may be at morn, when the day is awaking: "Christ Returneth"
Author: H. L. Turner (1878)
Translator: Leland Bryant Ross (1999)
Language: Esperanto
Refrain First Line: Kiom longe? Jesu', Sinjor',

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TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #217

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