Simeon's Lofzang
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)
Vergun, o God, op zijne bede,
Na uw belofte, uw knecht verlof,
Opdat hij reis van hier met vrede
Omhoog maar `t hemelsch vredehof.
Nadien ik met mijn eigen oogen
Den algemeenen Heiland zag,
Die als een zon schijnt uit den hoogen,
Daar ieder zich verblijden mag!
Een schoone zon, die met haar stralen
Het blinde heidendom verlicht,
En Jacob's huis en Isrel's palen
Verheerlijkt en nog vaster sticht.
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Word count: 69
Simeon's ode
Language: English after the Dutch (Nederlands)
Grant, o God, at his prayer,
after thy promise, thy servant leave,
that he may journey from here in peace
upwards to the heavenly sanctuary.
After I saw with mine own eyes
that Saviour of us one and all,
who shines like a sun from on high,
that all may rejoice!
A brilliant sun, that with her rays
illuminates blind heathendom,
and glorifies and more firmly founds
Jacob's house and Israel's pillars.
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- Translation from Dutch (Nederlands) to English copyright © by Rianne Stam, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
