Sankta, Sankta, Sankta!

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Sankta, Sankta, Sankta! Dio Eternulo!

Author: Reginald Heber; Translator: A. L. Curry (1918)
Published in 1 hymnal

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Sankta, Sankta, Sankta ! Dio Eternulo !
Frumatene nian laŭdon kantos ni al Vi :
Sankta, Sankta, Sankta ! Forta kaj kompata !
En tri Personoj, unu glora Di'.

Sankta, Sankta, Sankta ! sanktular' adoras,
Ĉe la vitra maro orajn kronojn ĵetas ĝi ;
Antaŭ Vi ĥeruboj falas kaj serafoj,
Estis kaj estas kaj ĉiam estos Vi.

Sankta, Sankta, Sankta ! kvankam Vi kaŝiĝas,
Kaj rigardi vian gloron eĉ ne povas ni,
Vi sanktega estas, kaj krom Vi neniu
Estas perfekte pura, ama, Di'.

Sankta, Sankta, Sankta ! Dio Eternulo !
Vian Nomon laŭdos ĉio, kion faris Vi :
Sankta, Sankta, Sankta ! Forta kaj kompata !
En tri Personoj, unu glora Di'. Amen.

Source: Himnaro (Unua Kolekto) #2a

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Author: Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber was born in 1783 into a wealthy, educated family. He was a bright youth, translating a Latin classic into English verse by the time he was seven, entering Oxford at 17, and winning two awards for his poetry during his time there. After his graduation he became rector of his father's church in the village of Hodnet near Shrewsbury in the west of England where he remained for 16 years. He was appointed Bishop of Calcutta in 1823 and worked tirelessly for three years until the weather and travel took its toll on his health and he died of a stroke. Most of his 57 hymns, which include "Holy, Holy, Holy," are still in use today. -- Greg Scheer, 1995… Go to person page >

Translator: A. L. Curry

Arthur Llewellyn (or Llewelyn) Curry was born in 1870 and died in 1949. An Anglican priest, he collaborated on the periodical Eklezia Revuo (1918-1925), and four of his hymn translations appear in Himnaro: Unua Kolekto (n.d.), a collection of hymns that had appeared in that review. One of these, his translation of Heber's Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty!, is one of the sources of the composite translation now standard in Esperanto. Rev. Curry is buried in St Mary’s Church Cemetery, Bucklesham, Suffolk, England. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Sankta, Sankta, Sankta! Dio Eternulo!
Title:	Sankta, Sankta, Sankta!
Author:	Reginald Heber
Translator:	A. L. Curry (1918)
Source:	Himnoj, A. kaj M., 160; Angla Himnaro, 162
Language:	Esperanto
Notes:	Sources are Hymns Ancient & Modern #160 and English Hymnal #162. Tune suggested is NICAEA (Dykes).