Sa Hardin (In the Garden)

I am getting in love with hymns more and more. I find such songs solemn. The lyrics speak of love, especially God's love. Many of them were written over centuries ago but they are still being sung up to now.

One of my favorite hymns is "In the Garden" which was composed by C. Austin Miles. Lawreal likes it, too. I loved it even more when I heard its Tagalog version. Celia H. Marcelo did the translation. Here it goes:

Bago magbukang liwayway

Sa hardin ako tumutungo

Upang manalangin at marinig

Ang tinig ni Jesu-Cristo

Koro:

Sa aking puso'y

Nangungusap Sya

Aniya, "Ikaw ay akin";

Ang galak na aking nadarama,

Tunay at walang maliw.

Sa tinig Niyang kay tamis,

Kalikasa'y pumapayapa;

Pangungusap Niya ay kaaliwan

Sa aking puso at diwa.

(Koro)

Tunay na nasisiyahan,

Puso ko sa pananalangin;

Subalit Kanyang pinahahayo

Ako na nasa sa dilim.

(Koro)

I come to the garden alone

While the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,

The Son of God discloses

Chorus:

And He walks with me,

and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

He speaks and the sound of His voice,

Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,

And the melody that He gave to me

Within my heart is ringing.

(Chorus)

I'd stay in the garden with Him

Though the night around me be falling,

But He bids me go; through the voice of woe,

His voice to me is calling.

(Chorus)