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පෙර පඬිවරයන්

Representative Text

1 පෙර පඬිවරයන්
දැක තරුවක් නෙතින්
මග බැස සතොසින්
ඒ අනුව ගිය මෙන්
මෙත් යුත් හිමි අපටත්
එන්ට දෙන් ඔබ වෙත් නිත්

2 ගොස් උන් මව් සමග හුන්
දැක බිලිඳු සුරන්
පිණමින් සිත් බුහුමත්
දුන් ලෙස වැටී දණින්
අපටත් දයා අසුන්
වෙතෙන්ට සිත් දෙන් නිතින්

3 ඔබට උන් අදරින්
පඬුරු පිදූ ලෙසින්
අපද මහත් තුටින්
තොරවී සැම පවින්
අප සතු දේ බැතින්
දෙන්ට ඔබට සිත් දෙන්

4 යේසුනී අප නිතින්
පටු මඟ තබමින්
ලොවින පහවූ සදින්
සගටම ගෙනයන්
නෑ එහි යම් අඳුරක්
නෑ කිසි වලාකුළක්

5 ඒ දිමුත් සග පුරේ
එළි ඕනෑ නොකෙරේ
ඔබ එහි එළියත්
වෙය් කිරුළද හිරුන්
ගී දෙමු එහි තුට
හල්ලෙලූයා රජුට

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15465

Author: W. Chatterton Dix

Most British hymn writers in the nineteenth century were clergymen, but William C. Dix (b. Bristol, England, 1837; d. Cheddar, Somerset, England, 1898) was a notable exception. Trained in the business world, he became the manager of a marine insurance company in Glasgow, Scotland. Dix published various volumes of his hymns, such as Hymns of Love and Joy (1861) and Altar Songs: Verses on the Holy Eucharist (1867). A number of his texts were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Author (stanza 1): A. S. Amarasekara

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Text Information

First Line: පෙර පඬිවරයන් (Pera pan̆ḍivarayan)
Title: පෙර පඬිවරයන්
English Title: As with gladness men of old
Author: W. Chatterton Dix
Author (stanza 1): A. S. Amarasekara
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Language: Sinhala
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

DIX (Kocher)

An early form of the tune DIX was composed by Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872). Trained as a teacher, Kocher moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him t…

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