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Garai Neni

Representative Text

1 Garai neni usiku hwasvika.
Tenzi garai neni kune dima.
Vanditiza vamwe vabatsiri,
Mubatsiri wedu garai neni.

2 Upenyu hwachimbidza kuguma,
Kufara kwepasi kunopera
Zvasakara kwazvo zviro zvese,
Usingasakari garai neni.

3 Ndinomuda imwi nguva dzese,
Mutsa unokurira muyedzi
Mudonzvo wangu mutungamiri,
Mudima, pachena garai neni.

4 Imwi muripo handityi mhandu,
Handine kuremerwa mushungu
Kufa, guva, kukunda kuripi?
Ndinokurira mugere neni.

5 Misa muchinjiko ndotandadza,
Penya undinongedze kudenga
Kwayedza kwazvo yabva mimvuri,
Muupenyu mukufa garai neni.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15364

Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Garai neni usiku hwasvika
Title: Garai Neni
English Title: Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Translator: Anonymous
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: Shona
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

EVENTIDE (Monk)

According to some sources, William H. Monk (PHH 332) wrote EVENTIDE for Lyte's text in ten minutes. As the story goes, Monk was attending a hymnal committee meeting for the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern of which he was music editor. Realizing that this text had no tune, Monk sat down at t…

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