FUN ẸWA ILE AYE /FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

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Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1864)

Fun ẹwa ile aye,  Fun ogo oju ọrun, Fun ifẹ to yi wa ka  Lati 'gba t'a ti bi wa; Krist' Oluwa, Iwọ la fi Orin iyin wa yii fun.  Fun iyanu wakati  Ọjọọjọ at' alaalẹ, Oke, 'lẹ, igi, ododo Orun, oṣupa 'rawọ; Krist' Oluwa, Iwọ la fi Orin iyin wa yii fun. Fun ayo eti, oju, Fun idunnu okan wa Fun irepo adiitu T'ori, riri o'n gbigbo Krist' Oluwa, Iwọ la fi Orin iyin wa yii fun. Fun ayọ ifẹ eeyan,  Ọmọ 'ya, obi, ọmọ,  Ọrẹ aye, ọrẹ oke,  Fun gbogbo ero tutu; Krist' Oluwa, Iwọ la fi Orin iyin wa yii fun. Fun 'jọ Rẹ t'o n gbe ọwọ  Mimọ soke titi lai Nibi gbogbo t'o n rubọ,  Irubọ ifẹ pipe; Krist' Oluwa, Iwọ la fi Orin iyin wa yii fun. Translated by Ayobami Temitope Kehinde on 16/02/2022

For the beauty of the earth  For the glory of the skies,  For the love which from our birth  Over and around us lies. Christ our Lord, to Thee we raise,  This our hymn of grateful praise. For the beauty of each hour,  Of the day and of the night,  Hill and vale, and tree and flower,  Sun and moon, and stars of light. Christ our Lord, to Thee we raise,  This our hymn of grateful praise. For the joy of ear and eye,  For the heart and mind’s delight,  For the mystic harmony  Linking sense to sound and sight. Christ our Lord, to Thee we raise,  This our hymn of grateful praise. For the joy of human love,  Brother, sister, parent, child,  Friends on earth and friends above,  For all gentle thoughts and mild. Christ our Lord, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. For Thy Church, that evermore  Lifteth holy hands above,  Offering up on every shore  Her pure sacrifice of love. Christ our Lord, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.