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أحب بيعة يا ربنا العظيم

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1 أُحبُّ بِيعةً
يا ربنا العظيمْ
تلك التي اشتريتها
بدمك الكريمْ

2 إن كرِهت يدي
بركةَ البنينْ
يَلصَقْ لساني بفمي
وتنسني اليمينْ

3 أبكي لأجلها
وأُصعدُ الصلاه
وكلُّ أتعابي لها
ما دمتُ في الحياه

Source: كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية #185

Author: Timothy Dwight

Timothy Dwight (b. Northampton, MA, 1752; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1817) was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards who became a Congregationalist pastor, a Revolutionary War army chaplain, a tutor and professor at Yale College, and president of Yale from 1795 to 1817. As president he continued to teach and serve as chaplain and was instrumental in improving both the academic and the spiritual life of the college. Bert Polman… 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: أحب بيعة يا ربنا العظيم
Translator: ناصيف اليازجي
Author: Timothy Dwight
Place of Origin: Lebanon
Language: Arabic
Publication Date: 1867
Copyright: Public Domain

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كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية #244

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