![]() Notwithstanding the wise and the wealthy,Ī love that’s striving to grow and blossom. Here is the English translation we have used: Neither the Spanish version nor this English translation are used at our church. Suppe Translator: Raquel Gutirrez-Achon Translator: George Lockwood Tune: PESCADOR DE HOMBRES Published in 2 hymnals Representative text cannot be shown for this hymn due to copyright. ![]() My life’s companion, my friend and refuge. Jesus, you have come to the lakeshore Author: Cesreo Gabarain Translator: Gertrude C. Help me spend myself in seeking the lost,īe the resting place of my restless heart, Cesreo Gabarin (1936-1991) comes from the northern Basque area of Spain. Will you accept, then, my nets and labour? Neither searching for the rich nor the wise,Īll I longed for I have found by the water, This small choir does a nice version as does this church. You can hear an excerpt and buy the music here. The first one below seems an awful lot better than what we have been using. Oh Lord, in my eyes you were gazing Kindly smiling, my name you were saying, All I treasured, I have left on the sand there Close to you, I will find other seas. ![]() We have sung it occasionally in a rather awkward English translation. Lord, when you came to the seashore, You weren’t seeking the wise or the wealthy, But only asking that I might follow. It suggests a gently-paced performance with guitar accompaniment though one Spanish version available on the internet presents a fiercely rhythmic and strummed guitar accompaniment. The lilting tune (built on triplets in 6/8 time) has a South American feel. Lord, When You Came (Pescador de Hombres) Media More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages. The thundering waves are calling me home, home to youĩ.This song by Cesareo Gabarian is the next song in the miscellaneous pile of have been neglecting and was coincidentally just requested by Tina. This is a song suitable for moments of commitment, dedication or covenant renewal. Lord, when you came to the seashore (Tú has venido a la orilla) 780 Gather (3rd ed.) 781 782 781. "The old ways are lost" you sang as you flew You were like a bird in a cage, spreading its Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of timeĪs you turned to go I heard you call my name. Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so Lord, see my goods, my possessions in my boat you find no. O Lord, with your eyes set upon me, gently smiling, you have spoken my name all I longed for I have found by the water, at your side, I will seek other shores. We smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair Lord you have come to the seashore, neither searching for the rich nor the wise, desiring only that I should follow. We left the music behind and the dance carried on The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you. The old ways The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you The broad stream in his banks complaining.Ĩ. The four lines in italics at the end are given in the CD-booklet Saying "where shall we shelter or where shall we sleep?"įor the Oak and the Ash they all cutten downĪnd the walls of Bonny Portmore are all down to the ground. Chorus O Lord, in my eyes you were gazing, Kindly smiling, my name you were saying all I treasured, I have left on the sand there Close to You, I will find other seas. ![]() O Bonny Portmore you shine where you standĪnd the more I think on you the more I think longĪll the Lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore.Īll the Birds in the forest they bitterly weep This English-language translation was made by American, at-the-time Roman Catholic priest, Robert Trupia (b 1948) from Tuscon, Arazona (ref). Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away. Such a woeful destruction of your ornament treeįor it stood on your shore for many's the long day Of fragrant nights of straw and of bonfiresĬandles and lanterns are dancing, dancingįigures of cornstalks bend in the shadows To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness This hymn gets me every time I prefer the old lyrics before they changed almost all of them. Lord, you have come to the seashore - Song Lyrics and Music by Hymns arranged by AliceSequeira on Smule Social Singing app Lord, you have come to the seashore by Hymns - Karaoke Lyrics on Smule. All I longed for, I have found by the water. Loreena McKennitt - The visit: all lyrics Chorus: O Lord, with Your eyes set upon me Gently smiling, You have spoken my name.
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