When Morning Gilds the Skies
Tune: LAUDES DOMINI
Scripture: Psalm 150:6
Eʋegbe
English
Verse 1
Eʋegbe
Le ŋdime ƒe keklẽ Nye dzi nyɔ kple dzidzɔ. Woakafu Kristo la! Le gbedoɖawo me Na Yesu, me haya Woakafu Kristo la!
English
When morning gilds the skies, My heart awaking cries, May Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer, To Jesus I repair; May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 2
Eʋegbe
Ne hamega la ɖi Le to, baliwo me Woakafu Kristo la! O senu si wodzi, Ne 'ɖiɖim kple dzidzɔ, Woakafu Kristo la!
English
Whene’er the sweet church bell Peals over hill and dell, May Jesus Christ be praised! O hark to what it sings, As joyously it rings, May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 3
Eʋegbe
Za la trɔ zu ŋkeke Miaƒe dziwo gblɔ be Woakafu Kristo la! Vɔvɔ̃ do zã ŋusẽ Wose gbe vivi sia; Woakafu Kristo la!
English
The night becomes as day, When from the heart we say, May Jesus Christ be praised! The powers of darkness fear, When this sweet chant they hear, May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 4
Eʋegbe
Mí 'Gbetɔ'o ƒe dukɔ Fii mia wɔɖeka le Woakafu Kristo la! Na xexeame katã. Do dzidzɔ ɣli sia be. Woakafu Kristo la!
English
Ye nations of mankind, In this your concord find, May Jesus Christ be praised! Let all the earth around Ring joyous with the sound, May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 5
Eʋegbe
Le dziƒo dzidzɔ me. Lɔlɔ̃ dzidzɔe nye sia Woakafu Kristo la! L'anyigba, ƒu kple dzi Tso tome heyi dzi Woakafu Kristo la!
English
In heaven’s eternal bliss The loveliest strain is this, May Jesus Christ be praised! Let earth, and sea, and sky From depth to height reply, May Jesus Christ be praised!
Verse 6
Eʋegbe
N'agbe sia sua 'si nye Anye nye xɔse ha. Woakafu Kristo la! Ne ha sia yi mavɔ Le ɣea wo kataɣi. Woakafu Kristo la!
English
Be this, while life is mine, My canticle divine, May Jesus Christ be praised! Be this th’eternal song Through all the ages long, May Jesus Christ be praised!
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