Two Sets of Five Songs Each. Set I: Tulsidas: Songs from Prison

by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949)

1. None is so helpless as I  [sung text not yet checked]

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None is so helpless as I: 

None is so full of mercy and loye 
As thou, 
O my God: 

Therefore grant me release, I pray, 
From this crushing burden of self.

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Confirmed with Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, adapted for the Press by John S. Hoyland, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1934, page 67.


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2. We bow to Thee, O Holy Earth  [sung text not yet checked]

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We bow to thee, 
O Holy Earth, 
Whose garment is the ocean, 
Whose bosom are the mountains: 

To thee we bow, 
O Holy Earth, 
Beloved of God the Saviour: 

Forgive, we pray, 
The touch of our unhallowed feet.

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Confirmed with Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, adapted for the Press by John S. Hoyland, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1934, page 12.


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3. That which men call pain  [sung text not yet checked]

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That which men name Pain 
Is no true pain: 

That which men name Bliss 
Is no true bliss: 

Pain is forgetting God, 
A mind stayed firm on God, 
This is Bliss.

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Confirmed with Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, adapted for the Press by John S. Hoyland, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1934, page 16.


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4. None, Lord, in all the world  [sung text not yet checked]

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None, Lord, in all the world 
Is generous and merciful as thou: 

Freely thou helpest, 
And askest no return, no recompense: 

None, none is like to thee: 

Thou showerest on thy worshippers 
All princely gifts: 

And of thy grace thou answerest royally 
The prayers of those who call to thee.

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Confirmed with Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, adapted for the Press by John S. Hoyland, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1934, page 56.


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5. Great sages sing  [sung text not yet checked]

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Great sages sing the purifying power 
Of God’s most holy Name: 

In this lies beauty, purity and bliss: 

Armed with this overcoming sword 
Peace mayst thou win in turmoil, 
Peace eternal, here and now: 

To those who trust that Name,
No doubt is left, no fear.

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Confirmed with Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, adapted for the Press by John S. Hoyland, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1934, page 64.


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