Tuesday 21 January 2020

Swedish religious hymn

As the title says, today we have a Swedish religious hymn, Gud som haver barnen kär, God who love your children. This came to me via a cassette of Swedish religious hymns my dad brought back from Sweden long ago. I translated it to English on 12/1/20, two lines in the morning, the rest in the evening. Oh look, this thing has its own English Wikipedia article! Let's see!



Gud som haver barnen kär,
se till mig som liten är.
Vart jag mig i världen vänder
står min lycka i Guds händer.
Lyckan kommer, lyckan går,
Du förbliver, Fader vår.
God, who hold your children dear,
Look at me so little here,
Wheree'er in this world I'm landed,
All my joy by God is handed.
Joy will come and go away,
Father, you will always stay.

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