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Ho, kantu nun pri Betleĥem'

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1. Ho, kantu nun pri Betleĥem', pri paŝtistoj sub ĉiel',
Kaj pri l' mesaĝo per antem' anoncita de anĝel' :
La lum' trafinta Betleĥemon brilas ĝis monda rand'—
Pri l' Krist-aper' kaj pac' al ter' eternas anĝelkant'.

2. Ho, kantu jam pri Nazaret', pri ĝojplena suna bril',
Pri parfumanta burĝonet' kaj la senmakula Fil' :
Nun povos floroj Nazaretaj kreski en ĉiu kor';
Al ĉiu homo lian nomon la ventoj portas for.

3. Ho, kantu plu pri Galile', pri la lago, bosko, mont',
Pri Tiu ordoninta, ke kvietiĝu mara ond' :
Ĉar kvankam kvazaŭ-Galileaj ŝtormoj minacas nin,
Se fidas ni al la Mesi', trankviliĝas la anim'.

4. Ho, kantu eĉ pri Kalvari', ĝia gloro kaj dolor',
Pri l' krucumita homa Di', kiu pekojn portis for :
Ĉar Kiu mortis Kalvarie, viva leviĝis jam,
Kaj Kristo nun anstataŭ pun' savas per potenca am'!

Source: TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #181

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Author: Louis F. Benson

Benson, Louis FitzGerald, D.D., was born at Philadelphia, Penn., July 22, 1855, and educated at the University of Penn. He was admitted to the Bar in 1877, and practised until 1884. After a course of theological studies he was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, in 1888. His pastorate of the Church of the Redeemer, Germantown, Phila., extended from his ordination in 1888 to 1894, when he resigned and devoted himself to literary and Church work at Philadelphia. He edited the series of Hymnals authorised for use by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., as follows:— (1) The Hymnal, Phila., 1895; (2) The Chapel Hymnal, 1898; and (3) The School Hymnal, 1899. Dr. Benson's hymnological writings are somewh… Go to person page >

Translator: Leland Bryant Ross

American Baptist layman. Amateur hymnologist and polyglot. Translator of many hymns into, and author of a few in, Esperanto, as well as some hymns in English. 13 texts (incl. 3 original) in Adoru, plus two in Espero Katolika's supplement. Edited the largest online Esperanto hymnal, TTT-Himnaro Cigneta, now accessible via the Wayback Machine at archive.org, (https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113553/http://geocities.com/cigneto/pretaj.html) as well as in large part here on Hymnary.org. Lives near Seattle. Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Ho, kantu nun pri Betleĥem'
English Title: O sing a song of Bethlehem
Translator: Leland Bryant Ross (1997)
Author: Louis F. Benson (1899)
Language: Esperanto
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Tune

KINGSFOLD

Thought by some scholars to date back to the Middle Ages, KINGSFOLD is a folk tune set to a variety of texts in England and Ireland. The tune was published in English Country Songs [sic: English County Songs] (1893), an anthology compiled by Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland. After having…

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Instances

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Adoru #412

Adoru #412
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TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #181

TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #181
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