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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
Genesis 11:6-7, NIV.

So, once this had happened, what were they singing in Babel? Here's how to find out.

Pick a hymn. Preferably a reasonably well-known one, or the game will be impossible. Type the first verse into Google Translate (the "translate text" box). Delete all punctuation. Delete any proper nouns (people or places), but leave any Jesuses, Gods, Christs, etc.

Then translate the text from English into another language of your choice. And from that to another (easiest to copy and paste the translated text back into the box). And from that to another. Repeat as many times as you like until you are satisfied that "Shine, Jesus, Shine" is equally as irritating in Latvian.

Once it's been through at least three languages, translate back into English. Copy and paste here. Players try to identify what the original hymn was, first correct answer posts the next one.

A couple of examples to get the idea:

The family has risen conquering son of Glory is a never-ending victory o'er death hast thou to win the light angel rolled the stone away to keep clothes folded clothes to the grave where the body of your son is the glory risen conquering thousands are endless with victory o'er death, you've won
Thine Be The Glory via Maltese, Indonesian and Estonian

It is in the light of love, the darkness is our true glory of Jesus shining in the arson fire my spirit shining light of Jesus shining in the world that are open Kio Migaku bring shine with their parents during a fire of flood flow to the country grace and mercy, our hearts glow fill the earth, light, send the word of God
This is Shine, Jesus, Shine via Catalan, Chinese and Bulgarian

If no-one gets it after 24 hours, a clue can be given by the setter (a date, metre, composer, usage, etc)

Any questions? An easyish one start us off:

Thousands of my vision of God in my heart all for nothing for me to save thousands of the best thought of thousands of art during the day and night, waking and sleep in my presence my light

(via Greek, Lithuanian and Swedish)

[ 29. July 2010, 18:42: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
This has to be "Be Thou My Vision," one of my favorites.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
via Slovak, Hindi, Italian:

Immortal, invisible God, the wise
Inaccessible to our eyes the light of the skin
Most, most, the great old days of the blessed
Almighty, victorious, your name great praise.

(too easy, but it's amazing how accurate it is through three such different languages!)
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
[Hennah -- was I correct? If so, am I next?]
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
Mamacita, absolutely, please do!

(and seeing as Angel Wrestler's was easy!)

It seems to make it a bit more scrambled if you take it through a language that doesn't use Western characters... chinese, hebrew, greek, etc...
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Via Turkish, Catalan, and Greek:

A world of love for the divine love in heaven sevinci outside. We all faithful mercy crown Edit moderate housing.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Is it from Charles Wesley’s Love Divine, All Loves Excelling?
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Yes! (And when sung to Hyfrydol, my favorite hymn.)
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
A most wonderful hymn it is, Mamacita. And now here’s another, via Czech, Chinese, Croatian, and Catalan:

Shangri-La [proper name] praise Dell
Reign in my disc;
This eternal opportunities
We love Dell;
Lord, I am a great
Shangri-La land and every letter, Virginia, El Salvador cell confesses:
Arc and bless the name of
centuries Beneit pixels.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Any guesses?

(Hint: Both the text and the tune found their inspiration in another, non-Christian hymn.)
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
God Bless America?
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
Is the first word of the original "heaven"?
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
No, it’s not God Bless America, nor is the word heaven in the first line, though it does come later in the verse.

Another hint: Though Hebrew’s not one of the languages I ran it through, that IS the language of the earlier hymn that serves as a basis for this one.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
I think you've got us all stumped. Please, what translate as Shangri-La and Dell?
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Dell is, in some strange world, equivalent to God. (Effective marketing, perhaps?)

I’m puzzled myself about where Shangri-La came from. The same goes for the cryptic references to Virginia and El Salvador. They don’t seem to translate back to anything directly, at least.

And if I clue you in to the omitted proper name, I think you’ll be well on your way to figuring out the puzzle. It's Abraham.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Could it be 'The God of Abraham praise'?
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
You’ve got it!
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
OK then, my turn. This is trickier than I thought (to make it hard to solve) - I've gone via 4 languages (hindi, hungarian, maltese, arabic) and I think its still rather an easy one! No shangri-la here I'm afraid!

Oh, my God, this is the foundation of your holy Excellent word of faith, which is planned More than that can tell you what Shelter you Jesus, for he had
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Is anyone waiting for a clue, as 24 hours have passed, or is there just nobody following this now?!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
We're following -- it's just so gosh darn HARD! Yes, a clue, please.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Wait a minute . . . is it "How Firm a Foundation"?
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Yes, that's it. Over to you.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
just an aside, after reading up the thread in more detail, what a fantastically quirky translation came out of 'Love Divine' - the line 'fix in us thy humble dwelling' ended up as 'edit moderate housing'....isn't that just brilliant?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Walking around the green hills of England after an hour old, I saw England's pleasant and personable Holy Lamb of God.

English > Hungarian > Japanese > Hebrew > English

[I think Google Translation is getting better as a result of our taxing it with this game.]
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
Well, that can only be Jerusalem.

And did those feet in ancient time, walk upon England's mountain green. And was the Holy Lamb of God on England's pleasant pasture seen.
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
Assuming I was right... next one:

During the night of doubt and pain.
I think the country during the last pilgrimage group to allow expected to sing a song

[that went English-Estonian-Bulgarian-Thai-Lithuanian-Hindi-Dutch-English, because I could!]

[ 03. August 2009, 15:03: Message edited by: kingsfold ]
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 
Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Onward goes the pilgrim band,
Singing songs of expectation,
Marching to the promised land.

Perhaps?
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
Indeedy. So you get to set the next one.

[ 03. August 2009, 15:37: Message edited by: kingsfold ]
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 
He said that the soul of a great God!
A voice of the soul to allow the blessings of the Id is

By way of Dutch,Chinese,Indonesian,Galician and Hindi.
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 
Interestingly, going back the other way gave me:

He said that the soul is a great God!
The identity of the voice, the spirit of Berka

which is just as unhelpful!
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
I am going to regret this but

I think it is:
Tell out my soul by Timothy Dudley-Smith

Jengie
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 

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Originally posted by kingsfold:
Assuming I was right

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Originally posted by Dormouse:
the spirit of Berka

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I'm going to invoke the spirit of Berka. She sounds like fun.
 

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Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :
 

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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
I am going to regret this but

I think it is:
Tell out my soul by Timothy Dudley-Smith

Jengie

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I said that I do not want to sponsor.
He makes me lie down.

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I said that I do not want to sponsor.
He makes me lie down.

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Originally posted by Angel Wrestler:
It doesn't fit line per line, but is it, "Holy, Holy, Holy?"

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The last verse was what I was guessing for in Holy Holy Holy. "All thy works shall praise thy name on earth and sky and sea ..." then the last line, "God in three persons, blessed trinity."

But ... I have no clue. Who did they try to dig up???
 

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Posted by Leetle Masha (# 8209) on :
 
Could it be John Henry Newman's "Firmly I believe and truly"?
 

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Posted by Oferyas (# 14031) on :
 
Yes it is - congratulations!

They tried to exhume Newman to move him to the Oxford Oratory, but he had apparently crumbled to nothing.
 

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Posted by Leetle Masha (# 8209) on :
 
Thanks, Oferyas! Would you be willing to choose someone else to carry on the game, though? I can't seem to get my computer to manage the google translators properly--it fails to copy the various languages that are written from right to left.

Don't know what's wrong....

Mary
 

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Posted by Oferyas (# 14031) on :
 
A volunteer would be better, especially as I don't know who is still playing - somebody may have gone off to get a cup of tea, or, given the speed of this game, even maybe to get a life....!

Any lurkers who haven't had a go yet?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
All right, then. Miss Amanda is back in.

Our ancestors, the lines, fire and Geomedia and my God, how high, the heart of our faith and life with joy when the click tribute!

English > Czech > Korean > Bulgarian > Turkish > Galician > Vietnamese > English
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 

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Originally posted by Leetle Masha:
Could it be John Henry Newman's "Firmly I believe and truly"?

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Originally posted by Seelenbräutigam:
The same goes for the cryptic references to Virginia and El Salvador.

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Obviously Virginia is heaven.
 

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Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :
 
The fact that, despite the night buddy,
All sit down to earth
The descendants of the angels of God,
Clearly Tehila,
According to local fame.

English> Hebrew> Greek> Vietnamese> Arabic> English (again)> Chinese> Swedish> Russian> Japanese> Ukrainian> Philipino> English.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
While shepherds watched their flocks by night?
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
I thought I got to do one since I guessed Ms. Amanda's.... *pouts*
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
[Miss Amanda offers her shoulder for Angel Wrestler to cry on and a clean handkerchief to dry his tears.]

There, there. If I've guessed Cambellite's entry correctly (and I assume I have), I'll yield to you, Angel Wrestler.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
*sniff* Thanks, Amanda. You're a nice lady.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Well, I do try.

Since Campbellite appears not to have checked in recently to approve or disapprove of my guess, why don't you just go ahead, Angel Wrestler, and post your next entry. Twenty-four hours have more than passed.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
*claps hands* oh, goody, goody!

Here's an entry via Thai, Hungarian, Turkish, Arabic and back home.

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As an institution, for the saints of God.
The place was so good!
In addition, you, if this "we can say."
For you, a refugee, as Jesus did?

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*I notice that some words don't translate from one language to another!*
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
That one may be too hard, so I'll give a hint straight off the bat. It's often sung on All Saints' Day (at least in our region).
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Is it “How Firm a Foundation?” (A solid hymn if there ever was one)
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
...and one we already did on the first page (bizarrely also using 4 languages, two of which were the same as yours!!)
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
Sorry for the repeat! I'd tried another hymn but noticed that some key words just did not translate. They'd be there in English among the Japanese characters. Then there was the time when Dutch didn't go to Arabic very neatly ...

But, it is, indeed, "How Firm A Foundation"
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
[I'm finding that not only do key words not translate, but the translation engine is just too darn good on the words it does recognize.]

[So, Seelenbräutigam, take your turn and let's get the game moving again.]
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
All right, here’s another. I think you’ll figure it out pretty quickly.

via Albanian,Arabic,Hindi:

Following, at sleep, flying at night;
The guard at Heights is weeping:
Awake, and Jerusalem, and finally!
Between night hear the voices of welcome
And is pleased to cry;
It is virgin, last night;
The groom, and sleep;
Lamps take your pleasure;
God is great! And to prepare the wedding feast
When you go in and change.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Sleepers wake (Wachet auf)
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
That’d be it! Prepare another one for us (while I go in and change).
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
All righty, then.

Oh, my God, my friend Jonah and the sins of all! How to perform all the prayers of God! Oh, this is often the loss of peace. Oh, the burden of unnecessary suffering cannot bear any prayers of God!

English > Greek > Japanese > Estonian > Korean > English

(I can't quite figure out how Jonah got into it.)

[ 10. August 2009, 16:57: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
 

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Posted by Oferyas (# 14031) on :
 
'How great thou art'?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A creditable guess, but no.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
What a friend we have in Jesus?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes, that's it!
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Currently, all of us, thank God for the hearts and hands and voices All this is great God is pleased And the mother of God, this is our way of Love is not a gift, love, and still today
via Persian, Finnish, Vietnamese, Turkish
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Now thank we all our God?
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Yes that's it, your turn!
 

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Posted by leo (# 1458) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gracious rebel:
What a friend we have in Jesus?

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Great hymn for Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Okay here goes. I'm afraid this isn't too hard, but we can't have everything.

Understanding of God is the only immortal
The eyes of the HID lamp
The most fun on this day celebrations
All the major companies and we recommend that Tor

English - Finnish - Bulgarian - Czech - Dutch - Estonian - Filipino - German - Chinese - English

Twice.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
"Immortal, invisible, God only wise?"
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
You got it in one!
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
This one's so awful, I think I'll re-run it through the translator, but I just had to post what just came up in "English" (via Latvian, Swedish, Filipino, and Estonian):

KĆ Ā ik important "to their tč ¶ ¶ C a place back to" What are you doing that tč Ā de r rdighet A Ć ā € Ć, Ā «Is New rlden Beka nde is, his name vĆ Ā i" ZUS r forever SVA "tlaimĆ Ę'Ć, E 'A, Ć ā € Ć, Ā« GS alleluia
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
I think I've broken it. I've tried several iterations, and they all start filling up with symbols. At any rate, I think you'll get this despite the gobbledygook:

FÃÆ'Ã, Æ'Ã⠀ 'ÃÆ', Ã⠀ š Ã,  ¼ r all the saints of their work that travÃÆ'Ã, € š Æ'Ãâ word of faith against mÃÆ'Ã, Æ'Ã⠀ š Ã,  ³ n ਠstato, or their JÃÆ'Ã, Æ'Ã⠀ 'ÃÆ', Ã⠀ 'ÃÆ', Ã⠀ š Ã,  © his name not BÃÆ'Ã, Æ'Ã⠀ 'ÃÆ', Ã⠀ 'ÃÆ', Ã⠀ š Ã,  ©. Aleluya al. (Via French, German, Catalan, and Italian)
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
I think this one must be 'For All the Saints'.

Dunno what went wrong when you did it, maybe a problem with fonts on your computer? - it seems to be the accents it didn't cope with.
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
I found that happening.

What seems to happen is that you end up appending the most recent translated bit to the end of a previous translation. Now if the language isn't it normal lettering then you get instead characters for the letters.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Gracious Rebel has it!
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
eta: It was a browser problem handling anything with symbols. I've tried it at w*rk and didn't have a problem.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
OK here we go again. Seem to have got some persian characters stuck in this one!

He was the man of all disasters The insistence of the teacher This is not a minor discouragement موظفند Expresses the intention that the first tourism

Languages were estonian, filipino, persian, hungarian, catalan
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
Is it "He who would valiant be"/"To be a pilgrim"?

(it's the "discouragement"!)
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
That's it Hennah.

(I love the last phrase 'Expresses the intention that the first tourism' which must be trying to translate 'His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim')
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Hey! I was going to post "To be a pilgrim" when it was next my turn! Here is what I was able to come up with for it:

It is a worthy man in all cases. Contrast Whether for patience follow the owner. To explain a tempering, his first intention was you can visit a shrine.

English > Korean > Croatian > Bulgarian > Japanese > Slovak > Hindi > English

But that doesn't count. Henna, your turn.
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
Yay!

Here's one of my favourites:

the father of man, in the same way, we have a heart problem and we have to forgive me, dressed in a deep second serve is to find a deep respect for life, praise

Via Korean, Ukranian, Galician, Arabic, and Finnish! And it's nothing to do with cardiology, or tennis.

Hen
 

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Posted by lady in red (# 10688) on :
 
Dear Lord and Father of mankind?
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
Too easy! All yours, Lady in Red...
 

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Posted by lady in red (# 10688) on :
 
Working down the list in alphabetical order scrambles this one most satisfyingly:

quote:

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May need blood Salvador For me because of illness, with death I'm still dead

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Originally posted by mousethief:
And Can It Be (one of my absolute faves)

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Until today, I am there with a strong 31 by using the same three day, one of three

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Jengie
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
St. Patrick's Breastplate?
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Yes.

Sorry to be so late in replying, I kept forgetting to check this thread.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
My God, people, wake up!
They made things easier.
Keep in mind, the heart and soul and strength
King of Kings roles.

English > Albanian > Korean > Hebrew > Estonian > English
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
It must be "Rise Up, O Men of God."
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Oh, you're just too good for me! Yes. Your turn.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
This one’s a little trickier, since I’ve only included the refrain, via Spanish, Malay, and Croatian:

On water, on water,
He ran his hand;
His faithful followers will
He led by the hand.
City of God.

(Is it just me, but has Google Translations added several languages since we began? I don’t remember Maltese being an option before. Or Welsh.)

[ 25. August 2009, 18:02: Message edited by: Seelenbräutigam ]
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
He leadeth me?

(not too sure about this though, as I ran it with the same languages and it didn't come out exactly the same as your quote)
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Perhaps I mistyped something...or maybe the translator is just being capricious. In any case, you’ve got it!
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
OK hopefully this one will be a little easier than the last one I set. It was achieved via maltese, chinese, persian, yiddish, afrikaans

For all ncurses that the track in March 3 as a result of the approval letter for the world Jesus your name, always favor Alleloia alleloia
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
For all the saints (a/k/a Sine Nomine)?
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Yes, that's the one

(Which reminds me I don't think I've seen any posts from our Sine Nomine lately - is he still around or do I frequent different decks of the Ship?)
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Dunno -- he's missed at any rate.

OK, here's another easy one:

Night recently, sleep, eat, and then, very beautiful,
I was standing outside the old church in Jerusalem.
I hear children singing, and sometimes
I think of the voice from heaven, and the envoy called Menanggapi.


English > Irish > Czech > Icelandic > Chinese > Malay > Greek > Arabic > English
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
That's got to be The Holy City (what on earth is Menanggapi though? )

[ 28. August 2009, 10:09: Message edited by: Gracious rebel ]
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes, it's the Holy City. Your turn.

Menanggapi seems to be one of those words that didn't get translated early in the game and got dragged along from language to language.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
I'm going to be mostly away from a computer for the next few days, so perhaps somebody else would like to take my turn.
 

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Posted by CuppaT (# 10523) on :
 
Here's one:

A better world, and the existence of God. Granted the King of the soil.

That is English, Chinese (Sim.), Persian, Chinese (Trad.), Turkish, and Arabic back to English.
 

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Posted by CuppaT (# 10523) on :
 
It's the first line of one of my favorite Christmas Carols. I liked the first time I ran it through better. The first word came out Well-being. But I didn't write down the sequence of languages.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Joy to the world, the Lord is come?
 

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Posted by CuppaT (# 10523) on :
 
Yes, that's it.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
OK. So to continue on our Christmas carol roll:

Welcome! Salad of your sleepiness
And your stupid complicated sheep.
Angels sing around Heav'n.
News brought a lot of joy.
Welcome! Chorus and swelling!

(Minus the last line of verse 1, which would give it away if it isn't already given away.)


English > Croatian > Afrikaans > Thai > Danish > Russian > English
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
"Shepherds, shake off your drowsy sleep"

I wonder how the sheep got so complicated?

[ 30. August 2009, 00:03: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
I wondered myself how "Shepherds" turned into "Welcome". I forget which language that occurred in. At any rate, yes, that's it.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
God loves all of the good earth in the autumn sky with joy. A modest house, repair, crown the mercy of all believers!

English-Albanian-Korean-Bulgarian-Chinese-English
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Is it Charles Wesley’s Love Divine, All Loves Excelling?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Yep!
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
I’ve got another, then (And I promise it’s not "The God of Abraham Praise.")

The bridge of me, my soul, joy,
Left miserable persistent sadness,
In phototherapy,
You're not satisfied with the praise
In the infinite grace
The seminar is no justification for the strange
The first is the rule from heaven,
But you live together, he knows.

Via Polish, Greek, Welsh, Chinese, and French.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
How's about a clue?
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Hmm… the hymn has makes several references to the Song of Songs, so the last line as translated isn’t that far off at all. Maybe even a bit toned down. Not sure if it’s really to be classified as a Jesus-is-my-boyfriend song, though.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
I’ll clarify the last hint a bit. The most prominent Scripture references for the hymn come from Isaiah 61 and from Song of Songs 5.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Nope. I'll pass this round. I know nothing of these modern praise songs, nor do I care to.

"Give me that old time religion, it's good enough for me! (It was good for my old granny . . . .)"
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Oh no, it’s solidly 17th century…
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Oh dear... It’s solidly 17th century, from Johann Frank and Johann Crüger, who also put out this other well-known hymn.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
[Miss Amanda, her face as red as a beet, silently slinks into the darkest corner she can find.]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Soul Adorn Thyself with Gladness

I cheated.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
You’ve got it, in any case. Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness/Deck Thyself, O Soul, With Gladness. Take it away!
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Big your God, Oh, Daddy's rich
Put the end of the shadow
Please do not fail, do not change the sympathetic
You will always like you do

English > Chinese > Korean > Japanese > Chinese > Korean > English

(I make it a point to try translating into English at each stage to see if it's as nicely mangled as I'd like -- at one point along the way the second line was "Put a horse's shadow")
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
The "Daddy's rich" bit has me humming "Summertime"... which now won't go out of my head...

Will try and think of something else!

Hen
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
That's "Great is thy Faithfulness", isn't it ?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Yes, Wet Kipper!
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
someone else can take the next go.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
[Miss Amanda crawls out from her corner and puts on a brave face.]

Permanent century, open for me,
Should we hold;
Allow the water and blood,
On the one hand, and Öskju its progress;
Medical men of sin;
Rescue board and make me clean.

English > Galician > Yiddish > Icelandic > Czech > English
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
That has to be Rock of Ages?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes, indeed, it is.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Hello God, we submit this
The control of the same master, held in
A talent for life as a gift
The strong men broke all

English > Korean > Irish > Catalan > English

(Note to add: I would never in a million years use this program to translate something I wanted to tell somebody from Korea!)
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A mighty fortress? (A poor guess, I know.)
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
O God our help in ages past?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Not yet!
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Take My Life and Let It Be?

(Another very uncertain guess.)
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Oh dear, maybe this one isn't as well known as I had thought! Ah. I see it's a little new, as these things go: it has a copyright of 1972. So here's a clue: words and music by Bryan J Leech.
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Given the clue and the text above maybe
"We gathered here in Jesus Name"

Which is not one I have ever sung. Actually I cannot find any I have sung by that author.

Jengie

[ 06. September 2009, 18:29: Message edited by: Jengie Jon ]
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
[Is it one that we should recognize? At the risk of embarrassing myself again, I have to say I don't have the foggiest notion.]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
I don't know if you should recognize it; it was one of my favourites back in the day. But even Googling Bryan Leech I can't find it! Therefore I must conclude it's more obscure than I thought. It's "Let God Be God" and the first stanza goes like this:

Let God be God in this our present moment
Let God be master holding in control
All parts of life as gifts of his bestowment
For making men now broken strong and whole

Has a great, rollicking melody.

Somebody else pick one.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Never heard of it. I never would have guessed.

All right. Here's an easy one. Although I confess that I didn't include one word that didn't translate and that would give it away instantly.

City luck! Happy!
Your life is in the name of peace!
Neck region of the sky,
I was living in stone.
Her knitting is decorated with angels
Wait! This priest is a Hall of Fame.

English > Indonesian > Icelandic > Albanian > Vietnamese > Croatian > Korean > English
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
City of God, how broad and far?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
No.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Blessed city, heavenly Salem?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Ah, yes, that's the one. Otherwise known as Yes I'm sitting, happy sailor.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
If you hadn't posted that link, Miss Amanda, I would have! Next up:

Okay, you're a source of additional length,
Sing for my friends in the heart;
Pity pot, without interruption
Call songs sound recommendation.

English-->Russian-->Swahili-->Filipino-->Greek-->Irish-->Hindi-->English (Guess I got a little carried away...)
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Come thou fount of every blessing?
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Yes!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Accepted all the voice and songs
To earth and heaven ring,
Harmony and freedom ring.
We increase the happiness
Listening to the sky
It is like the ocean rolling crying out loud,
Come on, it has spread.

English > Korean > Danish > Hindi > Serbian > English
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Alleluia, sing to Jesus?
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Or is it “Lift Every Voice and Sing?”
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
"Lift every voice and sing" it is!
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Don't know that one. Where would I find it?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Google, baby, Google.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Well, I did, and got it, words and music. But this is a specifically American hymn, referring as it does to slave emancipation. OK, I know that Newton, who wrote Amazing Grace, was English, but this hymn would be practically unknown in the UK. Or am I wrong about that?

Seelenbraütigam, could I put in a plea for a hymn which might be recognised on this side of the pond?

[ 08. September 2009, 22:36: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Sorry, I didn't know it wouldn't be known elsewhere. My fault -- my apologies.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
I’ll do my best, jacobsen. This one’s via Danish, Catalan, Malay, and Bulgarian.

One of them is above all others,
Immediately name fast friend;
His love more than you
Animal-free and have no end:
They show that welfare is
Search for an everlasting love!
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
It looks like a hint is in order.

This hymn shares a lot in common with the above-mentioned Amazing Grace; it, too, made its appearance in 1779 in Olney Hymns.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
This is the easiest one so far, I think! (I didn't need the clue, just haven't logged on today until now). The hymn is John Newton's 'One there is above all others'
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
I didn’t think it was too scrambled either, which is why I’m releaved now that some one has got it. Your turn!
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
If in the morning, the defense minister you my heart cries in heaven:
Christ the Lord!
Side work and prayer, Jesus restored

This was via Chinese, Catalan, Korean, Belarusian and Irish
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
When morning gilds the skies?
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Well done! Over to you...
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
OK. Here's another easy one -- so easy that I confess I altered it a little bit:

Soft, gentle Jesus phones,
Working for you and me.
See in an article that he is waiting
To see you and me.
Return to home.
Who are you, home tired.
Tender, large, Jesus phones,
Phone, O sinner, home!

English > Afrikaans > Icelandic > Swahili > Bulgarian > Hindi > Indonesian > Malay > English > "Amandaese"
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
That one looks like 'Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling' a hymn I haven't heard for YEARS, in fact I'd forgotten all about it until I saw your version!
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Can anyone join in the fun? If so, what about:

Song from a man, a great name
Who was the son of God
Broken sinners to seek.

English - Hungarian - Persian - Afrikaans - Albanian - English but still not too difficult I think.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Can anyone join in the fun?

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Yes, but it has to be "your turn." You earn a turn by correctly guessing the current hymn.

In this case, Gracious Rebel correctly guessed "Softly and Tenderly" and so it is Gracious Rebel's turn.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Ah, I see. Sorry - I'm new, you see. I do have a tendency to interrupt (says my other half).
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Well I would happily let Baptist Trainfan take my go. But actually I think I have guessed his as well, so its probably soon going to be my go again anyway.....

I think the hymn is 'Man of Sorrows', a hymn very much associated in my mind with my Open Brethren roots (along with 'Thou art the everlasting word' - one or both of these two hymns seemed to be chosen most weeks in my remembered version of the Brethren 'morning meeting')
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Well, indeed you're right - although I think it's originally a "Moody & Sankey" song by Philip Bliss. Over to you ...
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
We used the Sankey book in the evening 'gospel meeting' at the Brethren shack, but I know Man of Sorrows from the morning meeting, where we used 'The Believers Hymn Book' (everyone had their own personal copy that they took with them; never come across this situation in any other place of worship)

Anyway, I'm digressing: I don't have time to set another hymn now as its nearly time for my clarinet lesson - so if someone else wants to take my turn that's fine by me.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
This is not too complicated.

English, Bulgarian, Danish, Filipino, Croatian, Maltese, English


Christ knows his sheep
everything will be kept safe
He never lost souls
We never fell
Or whate'er we promised our design goal

[ 11. September 2009, 16:32: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
I should have thanked you, Gracious Rebel, for throwing this one open.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes. I didn't want to do it in Gracious Rebel's name, but I was hoping it would come to pass.

The hymn, of course, is Christ who knows all his sheep will all in safety keep. Yes?
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Absolutely. Care of Ancient and Modern Revised, known affectionately over here as AMR. It's my favourite Communion Anthem at the drop of a hat, when the choir has to cover an extra long queue for the altar.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Tradition. As I've said: "Gimme that old time religion, it's good enough for me!"

OK then:

Hot Jesus, reveal
Soldier of the Cross;
Improving quality banner government,
not win.
From success to success
soldier should result in
Each enemy effect.
Christ the Lord is true.


English > Icelandic > Hungarian > Bulgarian > Indonesian > Filipino > Swahili > Malay > English
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
I think I've got this one - is it 'Stand up stand up for Jesus'?

(Goodness knows where the 'hot Jesus' came from! )
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes, that's right. I don't remember at which point "hot Jesus" crept into it, but it took a long time to get rid of "Stand up, stand up". And I never did succeed in getting rid of "Soldier of the Cross."
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
OK try this one, via korean, danish, vietnamese, arabic
Oh, will not let me love you
The rest of my spiritual fatigue;
I owe it to your life
It is you are in the flow of water from 5 rich and would be the best
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Is it the Scottish hymn, "O love that wilt not let me go?"
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
P.S. Gracious Rebel: I used to attend evangelical churches in both Portugal and West Africa where it was "de rigeur" to bring both your own hymnbook and Bible.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
you have got it, over to you!
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Now this is really difficult:

Borrover the song, I can only charm charm;
Doing the real fears, my people and frequent association.

English - Belarus - Indonesian - Turkish - Estonian - Yiddish - Greek - English.

Clue: think "Rock of Ages". And don't ask me where "borrover" came from!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
How about another clue, Baptist Trainfan?
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Try thinking of one of the words that is different between the Scottish and English versions of the Lord's Prayer (and not the fact that the Scots only say "for ever" once).
 

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Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on :
 
"debts"? "debtors"?
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
You're getting there ... "debtor" in fact.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
"A debtor to mercy alone"? But it's not one that I know -- I only found it via Google.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Well, you're right - the translations mangled it more than I'd expected.

For the record:

A debtor to mercy alone, of covenant mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on, my person and off’ring to bring.

And it's by Toplady, who wrote "Rock of Ages".
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
That was the first hymn that came to my mind when we had narrowed it down to the word 'debtor', but still I didn't even bother to submit it as a guess, as the rest was so mangled I couldn't see how it could possibly fit! Its weird how sometimes the translator mangles it completely, other times its hard to get rid of an obvious phrase.

I'm guessing that borrover came from borrower?

The fact that I hadn't remembered that this hymn was also by Toplady didn't help!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Korean seems to be a reliable mangler.

Here's another easy one, but fun because of how it was mangled:

Because Christian foot soldiers in the war.
Before the cross of Jesus went.
Jesus Christ His Master, leading to the president.
Us to war on the logo of this channel!

English > Korean > Indonesian > Icelandic > Estonian > Hungarian > Thai > English
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
This wouldn't be "Onward Christian Soldiers" would it?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Of course. Good to see you back in the game, Mousethief.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Good to be back.

Each country's population lives
Bright singing voice Lord
This is the joy of service, but also praised his
Previously, it was considered a good

English > Korean > Chinese > Belarusian > Lithuanian > Latvian > English

[ 17. September 2009, 03:29: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by Martin G (# 14757) on :
 
"All People that on Earth Do Dwell," I believe. I like what happened to the last line!
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
You got it! Yeah that one's great.

A weird phenomenon is where you get a line pretty mixed up, then translate into yet another language (working on some other line) and the line turns back into the original, or something close to it! Very odd.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
I've noticed that. It's almost as if Google Translator has a memory.
 

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Posted by Martin G (# 14757) on :
 
Okay, here's what I produced.

Work
Valley of normal inactive for one growing season
Golden waves of grain to avoid it all
Each employee is to teach teachers
Employment Today

English-German-Galician-Japanese-Estonian-Persian-English
 

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Posted by Fr Weber (# 13472) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Martin G:
Okay, here's what I produced.

Work
Valley of normal inactive for one growing season
Golden waves of grain to avoid it all
Each employee is to teach teachers
Employment Today

English-German-Galician-Japanese-Estonian-Persian-English

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quote:

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Originally posted by Martin G:
That it is. Your turn!

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Oh! This was it :

Slow down in the confusion of the real world [forces] must keep the door between the hours sitting on the examination. I loved it as the end, the judge [mporeitai] [kentrothetisi], if not the forest, and the World Trade Organization Law.
*****


I forgot to keep track of the changes, though. Sorry.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Absolutely clueless, but all the more reason to take a shot. "Be Still, My Soul?"

(I don’t know of any hymns for the WTO.)
 

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Posted by Fr Weber (# 13472) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Seelenbräutigam:
Absolutely clueless, but all the more reason to take a shot. "Be Still, My Soul?"

(I don’t know of any hymns for the WTO.)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Another totally wild guess: "Drop, drop slow tears"?

We need a clue.

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quote:

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Updating and bless the souls of sheep
linalosafiri selected group
Nature and grace of heaven,
Water from the rock.

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This door, remove your head is;
Article, you can continue

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Have been removed,
So the King's victory can!

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[ 28. September 2009, 09:46: Message edited by: Ultracrepidarian ]
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
"Ye gates, lift up your heads on high" (to "St. George's Edinburgh", of course).

Wonderful hymn!

[ 28. September 2009, 10:45: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
Well done. Your go!
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
"Dreams are the bright eyes of the audience convinced Judah"

(English - Albanian - Hindi - Indonesian - French - English)
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Bright the vision that delighted
Once the sight of Judah’s seer
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Well done, you've got it.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Now my tongue to tell the secrets of the song flesh and blood, all prices are superior pagan Lord King, as on Earth, they live among us to buy the world's reserve.

English - Indonesian - Ukranian - German - English. (Possibly one more step in there, I forget.)
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Sing, my tongue . . . better known as Pange Lingua
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Pange lingua indeed (although The Hymnal 1982 lyrics begin "Now my tongue the mystery telling..." but we needn't put too fine a point on it).
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
That's why I thought it best to include the Latin.

Anyway:

Shot, please, because of the presence of light and darkness, so I can give you!
Night was dark, and I am far from home, come to me!
To do your feet, do not ask.
One area off the stage is enough.


English > Hungarian > Danish > Catalan > Greek > Chinese > Swahili > English
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
I haven't a blessèd clue, but that is .
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
"Lead, kindly light, amidst the encircling gloom"?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Oh, you're too good for old Miss Amanda! Your turn.

(I love the way "Lead" turned to "Shot". Obviously the translation machine assumed it was the base metal. And let's not ask about doing your feet, shall we?)

[ 01. October 2009, 21:12: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Well, thanks for the compliment!

Can someone else post a hymn this time please as I shall be offline for the next three days and I don't want to bring the thread to a grinding halt.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Countries and all stars, planets, flood of claims
He is the Lord a new song!
The winner will be difficult to talk to the troops
He is the Lord a new song!
He is not going to believe.
Congratulate him on his new song, too!

English > Finnish > Bulgarian > Slovak > Turkish > Belarusian > Japanese > English
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
It’s Earth and All Stars!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes indeed! Your turn.
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Well, I think your version still beats the verse about “loud boiling test tubes,” Miss Amanda!

Since this coming Sunday is the harvest festival hereabouts, I thought this might be appropriate:

Our farmers and agriculture distribution
Kinds of good land
However, in view of food and drink
Heavy Hand of God;
He sent a winter
Powerful hot knife
Wind and solar
And soft refreshing rain.

To all the good around us
Tianci
Thank God, thank God for this!
Love them.

English, Estonian, Dutch, Malay, Ukrainian, Chinese, English
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Is that "We plow the fields and scatter?"
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Yep! Your turn!
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Here's a recap of the hymns played thus far:

Be thou my vision
Love divine, all loves excelling
The God of Abraham praise
How firm a foundation
Jerusalem (And did those feet…)
Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Tell out my soul
The Lord’s my shepherd
Firmly I believe and truly
Faith of our fathers
Sleepers, awake
How firm a foundation
Now thank we all our God
What a friend we have in Jesus
Immortal, invisible
For all the saints
He who would valiant be
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
And can it be
Man of sorrows
Meekness and majesty
St patrick’s breastplate
Rise up oh men of God
He leadeth me
The holy city
Joy to the world
Shepherds shake off your drowsy sleep
Soul, adorn thyself with gladness
Great is thy faithfulness
Rock of ages
Let God be God
Blessed city, heavenly Salem
Come, thou fount of every blessing
Lift every voice and sing
One there is above all others
When morning gilds the skies
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Man of sorrows
Christ who knows all his sheep
Stand up, stand up for Jesus
Oh Love that will not let me go
A debtor to mercy alone
Onward, Christian soldiers
All people that on earth do dwell
Come, labor on
The world is very evil
Brightest and best of the suns of the morning
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Joyful, joyful we adore thee
Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless
Ye gates, lift up your heads on high
Bright the vision that delighted
Now my tongue the mystery telling/Pange linqua
Lead, kindly light
Earth and all stars
We plow the fields and scatter
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
And here's the next one:

Under God's love,
You will find him in my soul
On that visit, his passion to win;

English > Hebrew > Korean > Lithuanian > Catalan > English
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
I haven't a clue!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
"Thou hidden love of God"?

If not, we'll need a hint, please.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Down Ampney
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Then it must be 'Come down O love Divine'
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
It is indeed.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
This one comes via korean macedonian greek hebrew vietnamese hindi

quote:

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Father of the world are beginning to bear love birth
Alpha Omega, the last source
What
And never ever seen in years and will

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Lord, thy Word abideth,
and our footsteps guideth;
who its truth believeth
light and joy receiveth.

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quote:

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I will never be forgotten, love Oh
Leaving my soul I'm tired;
I returned to life tasks
This is the time at sea
Be rich rich

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mamacita:
Humbly I adore thee, verity unseen?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mamacita:
Next up:
The life of the population of each country
I sing cheerful voice speaker:
Serves as the laughter and praise, saying:
Come in and enjoy.

English-Russian-Japanese-Latvian-Dutch-Spanish-English

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As I said, nobody asked
However, for me, to your bloodstream;
And he said he would come to you;

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Christian, dost thou see them
on the holy ground,
how the troops of Midian
prowl and prowl around?
Christian, up and smite them,
counting gain but loss;
smite them by the merit
of the holy cross.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
[ASIDE] Where in God's name did "The song has never been sincere" come from? [/ASIDE]

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quote:

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Come, thou long expected Jesus?

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Yes sir, er, ma'am?

Your go!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Miss Amanda doesn't mind being called "sir" -- in fact, she insists on it in certain contexts.

Right, then. This one may be a little obscure, but it's one of my favorites and so beautiful. I had to omit the last line of the second verse, as it wouldn't translate through all the various languages and it's a giveaway for the title (hint hint).

My music continued indefinitely as lamentations.
I did not hear the truth.
But away from the music
He welcomed the new structure.

Through all the difficulties and conflicts,
In addition to the music
Echo in my life.

English > Croatian > Irish > Macedonian > Thai > Yiddish > Arabic > English
 

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Posted by Seelenbräutigam (# 12896) on :
 
Ooooh, it’s like I half-recognize it, but can’t put it together. Maybe after I think about a while longer…

quote:

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Originally posted by mousethief:
We believe that a happy
Thank God, this type of
Grace Survival
The song has never been sincere

(Let Us with a Gladsome Mind)

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quote:

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Originally posted by jacobsen:
That's "bosom", sunshine, not "Bosun", even if we are on board.

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quote:

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Job all journeys of life,
is in trouble, and with joy,
praise my God is always
in my heart and tongue.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Actually that was partly my mistake I recognised it as one of the great German hymns but did not realise Joachim Neander was Reformed not Lutheran!

Any way here is one to be going on with:

quote:

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Job all journeys of life,
is in trouble, and with joy,
praise my God is always
in my heart and tongue.

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English ->French -> Hindi -> Icelandic -> Macedonian -> English

By the way I learnt that if you don't put the lines in Google translates mangles it quicker.

Jengie

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mamacita:
Not a clue. But is your sig sung to "Hyfrydol?"

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quote:

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Behold! the mountain of the Lord
in latter days shall rise
on mountain tops above the hills,
and draw the wondering eyes - to "Glasgow".

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quote:

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High cross, the love of Christ, the prayers of the world was lifted to declare holy name! And the Christians here, and then went to the king won the Lord, if Christ is the Son of God:

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This is via English->Indonesian -> Estonian -> Japanese ->Fillipino -> Greek -> English. It should not be too hard though maybe less familiar, although it is still a classic in Mission Praise.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
This is what jumped out at me. Now, that may or may not be correct, but it's what jumped.

Lift high the cross,
the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore
his sacred Name.
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Yes it is.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
This one's pretty well mangled:

Oh, Holy God, how to breathe the eyes,
You think TAT, maskhara enemy,
and refused to contact O.

[ 28. October 2009, 21:07: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
English - German - Swahili - Irish - Hungarian - Vietnamese - Hebrew - English.
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Breath on me breath of God?

First uncertain answer.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
O Holy Spirit, breathe on me until my heart is pure???
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Interesting you all picked up on "breathe" -- the text was so badly mangled, I'm not sure where "breathe" came from! Here's how it turns out if you stop at English-German-Greek-Swahili:

Ah, holy Jesus, how you have no doubt, that the person you hate to judge a tat;
maskhara from the enemies and rejected you, o affected.

I'll bet you'll get it now.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended?
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Yes indeed.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Right. Here's another old chestnut that took awhile to mangle, but once Google starting mangling it, it really took a beating:

Love the Lord with my hands
And I direct to my position.
I was bored, I put my weakness.
Storms during the night, so I go light.
And the hands of God I have made up my house.

English > Chinese > Irish > Bulgarian > Thai > English
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Oh, you're not going to let the thread die, are you?

Hint:

Music by Tommy Dorsey. Recorded by Elvis Presley and Della Reese, among others.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Close, but no.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, let me stand
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
There you go! Your turn.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
One line in this gives the game away - but I still like it.

You Saints! A major attraction for
Now, to see men Sorrous;
From the fight returned to profitability,
every knee bend before him;
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Crown Viktor became the leader.


English – Serbian – Vietnamese – Finnish – Welsh – Afrikkaans - English
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 

quote:

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All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall,
let angels prostrate fall;
bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him, crown him,
crown him, crown him,
and crown him Lord of all.

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Through all the changing Scenes of life
In trouble and in joy
the praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ

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quote:

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Why do people respect Angel lover
or child is welcome,
but he should return to Bolton
would not know.

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quote:

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A Church of the Foundation
is the building of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Water and Word.
He came from heaven,
and his bride ask the holy blood.
Purchase of life and death.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Gay Organ Grinder:
Mr. yor last word and to follow our guidelines gives us joy binds us all together forever

German>icelandic>filipino>italian>danish>english

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quote:

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BIND US TOGETHER, Lord, Bind us together
With cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord,
Bind us together,
Bind us together with love.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:

quote:

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Originally posted by Gay Organ Grinder:
Mr. yor last word and to follow our guidelines gives us joy binds us all together forever

German>icelandic>filipino>italian>danish>english

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To Gay Organ Grinders

Not because I think its right, but to prompt a hint:

quote:

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BIND US TOGETHER, Lord, Bind us together
With cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord,
Bind us together,
Bind us together with love.

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Jengie

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Sorry, not correct.

I used the text from 'Together in Song', the Australian Hymn Book which has been translated to 20th century English rather than the 19th cent in which it was written originally so it had been 'mangled' a bit before I got to it!!

Think around 'word' and 'remaining' or 'staying'.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Lord thy word abideth?
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
Sure is. Over to you
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
That's amazing, it was just a wild guess.

I'm not going to have much time online this weekend, so it would be good if someone else wants to set the next one. If no one comes forward, I will set one on Monday!
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
I'll have a go, then:

King comes in the morning and the dawn of victory breach; beautiful style in the eastern part of the mountains and make the joy of life.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
The king shall come when morning dawns
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Yes. (Sorry for rushing the advent hymns...)


ETA: Dang, Miss Amanda -- 4 minutes!

[ 07. November 2009, 23:04: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Luck of the draw.

In such moments, my Savior,
It is necessary to state.
In such moments very confident,
Very confident does your anchor,
And is rock solid!

English > Indonesian > Finnish > Czech > Croatian > Hindi > English
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
Could it be one of the old favourites of George Beverly Shea??

In times like these
you need a saviour
in times like these
you need an anchor
be very sure
be very sure
your anchor holds
and grips the solid rock.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes, indeed!

George Beverly Shea is 100 years old and, presumably, still singing. I heard him sing at the Billy Graham crusade four years ago and you'd swear he was a man half his age! A little wobbly, though.
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Yes, indeed!

George Beverly Shea is 100 years old and, presumably, still singing. I heard him sing at the Billy Graham crusade four years ago and you'd swear he was a man half his age! A little wobbly, though.

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quote:

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Originally posted by mousethief:
It is indeed. Halfway through my translation jaunt the second line had "actual size male size" -- one of the other lines was wonderful and I would have liked to stop there, but ....

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quote:

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Cry sounds in March Enemies Nearby.
High standard apply to the lord.
Know every hand from ë shonju.
Other reasons for his holy word.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Gay Organ Grinder:
each one of the world who can sing live and serve the Lord with joyful voice of joy, praise went to say, and I'm glad

eng/hungarin/Slovak/Bulgarian/fillipino/eng

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Oops, a senioer moment. Had done this one earlier. I will do another later today as I' rushin off to work
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
Hi Folks, sorry for the delay, another easy one


God's love is going through all the Excel-ling joy of heaven on earth


Eng>icelandic>german>Russian>Eng
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Love Divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down.
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
Yes inded, over to you Miss Amanda
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Here's one that looks like it will be more of a challenge:

If the crossroads of the vitality,
ethnic and tribal strife, such as selfish,
I hear a noise above the sound
of human voice sounds full.

English > Belarusian > Hungarian > Catalan > Chinese > Turkish > English
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
[aside] Am very depressed that, despite having started the thread, have been unable to get one for a good six pages. Pah. [/aside]

And I haven't a clue on the current one either, something to do with the crossroads of life?

Hen
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
I think you're on the right track:

Where cross the crowded ways of life,
Where sound the cries of race and clan
Above the noise of selfish strife,
We hear your voice, O Son of Man.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
That's it, Baptist Trainfan. Good job! Your turn.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Pretty easy, I think:

Control is the work of our God and King
Praise the name of Flash, to sing thanks
Show Love is a ray of morning light
And talk all night lights themselves.

Filipino – Finnish – Swahili – Italian – Czech – Hindi - English
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
I am totally stumped, although I enjoy praising the name of Flash.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Think of something which is definitely not sour ... and ignore Flash!
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Ok a guess

All creatures of our God and King

but when I put it through that set of languages I don't get it and I am not sure of it independently.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
No, that's not it. Wot wot?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
A stab in the dark: O Lord Thou Art My God and King?
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Sadly, your stab missed the target. But stick with the "King".
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Do you know how many hymns there are that have "King" in the first line?
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
Is the first word "Control" a translation of "Power"?
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
No - it's much tastier than that.
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Can't believe no one has got this yet - I was pretty sure I had it when I first saw it, but too lazy and/or busy to post (I can't remember which!) but since you are all struggling I'll (hopefully) put you out of your misery : Sweet is the work my God and King. (Hope I'm right after all that! )
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Hurrah! (Wipes brow in relief and gently subsides into armchair as the amassed tension ebbs away).

Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
To praise Thy Name, give thanks and sing,
To show Thy love by morning light
And talk of all Thy truth at night.

[ 18. November 2009, 19:14: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
hey, I see they have improved the Google translate page since I last used it! How exciting!

This one isn't difficult, and has some words in common with the last one. Comes via catalan japanese latvian vietnamese swahili afrikaans (but it hardly changed at all in the last few languagese)

quote:

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Teaching my God and King
Please see that all
And I have nothing
Please you.

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quote:

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Teach me, my God and king,
in all things thee to see,
and what I do in anything,
to do it as for thee:

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quote:

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Eternal Father, strong to save his hand,
language nomination deepvater
threshold power of the hand,
Oh, hear the waves disturbed, we ask you,
in the sea in the conflict!

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quote:

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Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.

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Jengie
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
And Jengie is right!
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
Um, was I right first? Or am I missing something...??
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
Yes Hennah, I agree you got it right first, and I don't think you should be deprived of your turn when you've been waiting for so many pages to guess one!

(The others probably didn't read your response properly, to see past your little joke!)

Not my call, I realise, but perhaps I can suggest that somebody else guess your own one.

(Hopefully I'm not treading on anyone's toes by posting this - apologies if that's the case.)
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Sorry, I got muddled somewhere along the line ... over to you!
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
This was my offering from the previous page...

quote:

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the sky became a helpless baby our world has begun his glory is not covered be served but to serve and give his life that could live

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quote:

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From heaven you came
Helpless babe
Entered our world
Your glory veiled
Not to be served
But to serve
And give Your life
That we might live

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quote:

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Sense we see nothing in the material -
mentioned Jesus and his glory,
of Jesus and His love old history,
sense of history only a small child,
because of weak and tired,
and incompetence, and pollution.

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quote:

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When peace like river trail attendeth
What sorrow, like a wave
If you have taught me a lot to say
This is very good in my soul

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quote:

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Tell me the old, old story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
Tell me the story simply, as to a little child,
For I am weak and weary, and helpless and defiled.

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?

Having watched it mangle once, it is fun to see a different version.

Jengie
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
You sure you're not losing the plot Baptist Trainfan? * Only today you congratulated me on guessing that one, then you post the same one! (different version though, I'll concede)


* its OK, he knows me, and hopefully will take this in the jokey spirit I intended!
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
I'm afraid I lost the plot many years ago ...

I just didn't refer back properly, and must have subliminally remembered yours!

Whoops (again) ... (bows out graciously) ... Sorry!
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
This one may be of interest to financial markets

quote:

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Jordan Bank, Hong Kong Baptist
circle close to the master,
to listen,
he brought joy a good king.

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quote:

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Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

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quote:

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You stand in front of the storm of life
Continues to argue for a secret cloud their wings?
However, a large wave, and transform the impression of floating
Or fixed anchor the company?

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quote:

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Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Onward goes the pilgrim band,
Singing songs of expectation,
Marching to the promised land.
Clear before us through the darkness
Gleams and burns the guiding light:
Brother clasps the hand of brother,
Stepping fearless through the night.

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quote:

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Sky,
It seems when it comes to fire,
the altar of my heart, fire,
burn the meaning of love!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Herrick:
Via Serbian, Catalan, Filipino and Korean we have


Driving horse majesty
ABA's death as a pretext to..

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
Thank you Mousethief, "sorry"
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Baptist Trainfan is right.

Is Herrick's:

Ride on! ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die.

(?)
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Where are you, Herrick? Are you out there?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
More than 24 hours have passed. I guess we'll never know what Herrick's entry was. Baptist Trainfan, why don't you go, since you were the last to guess right.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
OK, here goes:

Glory to God anointed,
Great Son of David!
Flower called
He began to rule the world!
It comes from oppression,
The prisoners;
Victim
And the rule of justice.

(Romanian- Hindi – German – Indonesian – Irish – Hungarian - English
)
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
I think it could be:

Hail to the lord's Anointed;
Great David's greater son!
Hail, in the tim eappointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
and rule in equity.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Indeed it is. Well done.
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
Here is one I prepared earlier, hasn't 'mangled' as well as I thought ot would have:


Jesus calls us to a hopeless confusion of our lives in the oer on his sweet voice behind me saying sounds like the Christians to leave

Eng/Russian/filipino/german/hindi/hungarian/eng
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 

quote:

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Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult
of our life's wild, restless sea,
day by day his clear voice soundeth,
saying, "Christian, follow me;"

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quote:

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If the glory of God and the grace of God,
the church's history, today,
they all put the power of wonder
that will come up.
We get the wisdom to face the moment
you give courage to.

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quote:

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As with gladness, men of old
Did the guiding star behold
As with joy they hailed its light
Leading onward, beaming bright
So, most glorious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

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quote:

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Jesus, standing, your choice bless you
make the people
to praise God
and the soul and tone.

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quote:

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When the trumpet, instead of Lord of the Rings
Rest and the eternal morning bright and fair,
He was saving the country to reach the other side
I would like to add a volume.

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quote:

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We need to relax you, is our shield and protector!
Please, we not alone against the enemy;
Your strength, your power to secure Tenders,
The rest of us to you, and your name Goes.

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quote:

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We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender!
We go not forth alone against the foe;
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.

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quote:

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Unapojaribu seat and leave the world crown
but my home Bethlehem,
the birth of Jesus,
which was not found.

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quote:

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I initially asked aid workers
We must learn from him every day
We follow the footsteps of his
I travel a narrow road.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Nor me!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:

quote:

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Nor me!

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Can I come in as third.

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Am I literally the ONLY person who's ever heard "I Will Early Seek the Savior?" I knew it wasn't a Greatest Hit or anything, but I didn't think it was that obscure.

About Amanda's, I have no clue.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Miss Amanda, is it "Be Thou My Vision?"
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Yes, you've got it, Mamacita.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Huzzah! That was my second-favorite hymn.

New entry:
How the basic, God Play Sage, the company has put its faith in the good words.
He says you can call it manually, but protection for Jesus have fled?

English> Hindi> Icelandic> Indonesian> Vietnamese> German> Swahili> English

(and still pretty recognizable in spite of all that!)
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
How Firm a Foundation?
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Correct.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
English - Romanian - Czech - Chinese - Swedish - Korean - English

Great God, to participate in the songs of Zion
Sources in the joy of existence,
During the day to follow up on the site
In addition to the 1001 Happiness
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
I have no idea, but the last half sounds like it's from a fortune cookie.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
O for a thousand tongues?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Nope. Concentrate on the first line to solve it.

The last line is hilarious -- right up to the Korean it had 1000. The Korean changed it to 1001.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
I think it may be an Isaac Watts hymn I had never heard of until 2 minutes ago, when I did a Google search based on your hint:

Great God! Attend, while Zion sings
The joy that from Thy presence springs;
To spend one day with Thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
 

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Posted by ken (# 2460) on :
 
A thousand and one happinesses certainly do exceed a mere thousand mirths
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
You got it, BT. Take it away!
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Try this - not hard, I think:

How sweet the sound of Jesus
Believe their ears!
Release pain, wound around,
And the issue.

English - Romanian – Filipino – Icelandic – Greek – German – Irish – Hindi – Latvian - English
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
How about --

quote:

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How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
and drives away his fear.

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
What took you so long?!!! Quite correct.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Just lucky, I guess. I think this one will go quickly as well:

In the winter, when all the birds to fly, God of heaven and earth, sending an angel choir, instead of God.

eta: English - Hindi - Czech - Catalan - Chinese - Dutch - English

[ 11. December 2009, 17:41: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
 

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Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
I know this one - but I'm about to disappear for the weekend so I will let someone else answer!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
'Twas in the moon of wintertime when all the birds had fled
That mighty Gitchi Manitou sent angel choirs instead;
Before their light the stars grew dim and wandering hunters heard the hymn:
Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria.

(The Huron Carol -- very lovely!)

[ 11. December 2009, 18:58: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Miss Amanda has it. (I used "God the Lord of heaven and earth" as in TEC's hymnal instead of Gitchi Manitou -- which, in retrospect, I should have used to see what the translator would do with it!)
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
While we're onto semi-obscure Christmas carols: This one will be obvious to those who know it. I had to take a few liberties with the translation to make it less so.

When snow Bloom Bloom
When the winter night child was born,
Christmas came up,
King of love and beauty.
Angela sang, shepherds sang
Country fun dead;
And their stars happy birthday
Was their exultation.

English > Vietnamese > Yiddish > Slovenian > Bulgarian > Hebrew > Hindi > English
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Is that "When blossoms flowered amid the snow" (official title I think is Jesu Bambino or something like that)?
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
There ya go. I knew you'd know it! (Although I don't know for the life of me how "Country fun dead" translates "The grateful earth rejoiced."

[ 12. December 2009, 12:43: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Wow! Must run to a meeting (why do churches always have Saturday a.m. meetings? oh, well, I called this one, so I'd better go) and will post one a bit later today.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
My school choir used to open our Christmas concert with this one every year, sung a capella from the back of the theatre.

Short breaks, ø sky a beautiful morning, and. Library of shepherds, angels fear that I heard the alarm is reduced
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
I'm sure you surprised the dickens out of your audiences, unless the program also included the translation:

Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light,
and usher in the morning;
O shepherds, shrink not with affright,
but hear the angel's warning.
This child, now weak in infancy,
our confidence and joy shall be,
the power of Satan breaking,
our peace eternal making.

(?)
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Yes, indeed.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
This one may be a little obscure:

Pure virgin, the prophets announced.
If Savior, and now we're here.
Death, hell and sin, our savior.
Adam, what about our sins?
Then we should be satisfied.
Tell us to give our day the sad side.
Jesus was born nine weeks.

English > Slovenian > Korean > Malay > Yiddish > Filipino > English
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Not at all:

A virgin most pure, as the prophets do tell,
Hath brought forth a Baby, as it hath befell,
To be our Redeemer from death, hell and sin,
Which Adam’s transgression has wrappèd us in.
And therefore be merry, set sorrow aside;
Christ Jesus our Saviour was born on this tide.

And I even know the tune!

[ 13. December 2009, 14:23: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Dear me, that was quick! Good show! It wasn't as obscure as I thought.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
This is far too obvious - but fun!

Adam ybounden,
Holy marriage;
Four thousand winter
Think that not too long.
And they were all on apples,
Apple, on,
Register as an official found
Book.

English – Latvian – Indonesian - German – Hindi – Czech - English
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 

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Adam lay ybounden,
Bounden in a bond;
Four thousand winter
Thought he not too long.
And all was for an apple,
An apple that he took,
As clerkës finden written
In their book

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Midnight is clear
and well known songs
from the old gold angels
with harps points near the surface of contact "Peace on earth goodwill to the people of heaven
to all your friends put up the king!"
In celebration of the world
is listening chanadh Angels

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Father, we praise thee, now the night is over,
active and watchful, stand we all before thee;
singing we offer prayer and meditation:
thus we adore thee.

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(what the heck's a "paidir"?)

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There’s a voice in the wilderness crying,
A call from the ways untrod:
Prepare in the desert a highway,
A highway for our God!
The valleys shall be exalted,
The lofty hills brought low;
Make straight all the crooked places,
Where the Lord our God may go!

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This game a long time in the dark
Waiting to see a great light,
People who live in these days,
Who lived in the region died during the night.

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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Yes it is, but its use is wider than that, as it comes from Scottish Paraphrases 1781 by John Morison which also means I think it must have been the third of the Christmas Carols allowed in the Canadian hymnbook Sober Preacher's Kid mentioned.

Jengie

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:

Your turn.

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Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!
Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice;
tender to me the promise of his word;
in God my Savior shall my heart rejoice.

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Baby crib,
Maria strange
abandoned children
and the Lord!
Children who have inherited
all the sin
we all losses
autumn calls

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Rejoice and be merry in songs and in mirth!
O praise our Redeemer, all mortals on earth!
For this is the birthday of Jesus our King
Who brought us salvation - His praises we'll sing!

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Mothers and children in the light
on Christmas Eve,
Holy Night is calm.
Oh, honey, and by the end of peace,
peace, sleep,
sky, light, soft.

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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
This is well known so may be easy:

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Mothers and children in the light
on Christmas Eve,
Holy Night is calm.
Oh, honey, and by the end of peace,
peace, sleep,
sky, light, soft.

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English->Hindu -> Korean -> Afrikaans -> Bulgarian -> Greek -> Chinese -> English

Jengie

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on Christmas Eve, Holy Night
is calm
Mothers and children in the light.
sky, light, soft Oh, honey,
and by the end of peace,
peace, sleep.

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Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood
from thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure,
cleanse me from its guilt and power.

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
A search of the Internet comes up with this:

Songs of thankfulness and praise,
Jesus, Lord, to Thee we raise,
Manifested by the star
To the sages from afar.

But I've absolutely never heard of it! Might this be a "pond" thing?

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
A search of the Internet comes up with this:

Songs of thankfulness and praise,
Jesus, Lord, to Thee we raise,
Manifested by the star
To the sages from afar.

But I've absolutely never heard of it! Might this be a "pond" thing?

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