Author: John Jyigiokk Tin; Erik Routley Hymnal: Sound the Bamboo #254 (2000) Topics: Pilgrimage and Conflict First Line: Chú Lí kau-tài góa kang-tiâ ("Light and salt" you called your friends) Lyrics: TAIWANESE -
1 Chú Lí kau-tài góa kang-tiâ,ⁿ
Góa chín-lát teh phah-pià,ⁿ
Nā-sí chit sè-kan siaⁿ-im,
Kè-thâu chōe kiáu-jiáu sim.
Hit-sî góa sim ài tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ,
Chíp-tiong sim-sîn lâi thiaⁿ,
Tùi jít-jít tio̍h chòe kang-tiâⁿ,
Chú teh chí-sï ê siaⁿ.
2 Taⁿ góa tí kang-chok tiong-kan,
Kiaⁿ liáu chí thàn sè-kan,
Sui bô-hiâm kèng-gū kan-khó;
Tióh ūi seng-oàh pun-pho,
Khún-kiû Thiⁿ-pē chhun sèng-chhiú,
Hû-chhî bián siū ín-iú,
Hō go̍a tí bô-êng tiong-kan,
Iā khîⁿ-tiâu Chú pêng-an.
3 Sè-kan seng-oáh bô tan-sûn
Iông-iⁿ poáh-lóh tim-lûn,
U-si bêng-chai sí put-gï
Iáu-kú be-tit siám-pï,
U-sî kôan-sè pek góa kiâⁿ,
Ko-hū góa chú chun-miâ,
Góan goa ióng-kám koh chheng-liâm,
Chiaⁿ-chòe sè-kan kng iâm.
4 Siā-hõe pān-sū ná hôk-cháp,
Lâng-lâng ná oh hô-háp,
Iàu-kin tāi-chi tióh chham-siông.
Khiok bô ló thangs siong-liông,
Góan Chú chòe tiong-pó-ki-leng,
Hó lâng chòe sū hô-pêng,
Lí sí sè-kài chú-jîn-ong,
Sim-phòaⁿ tōe-chiūⁿ kun-ông.
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ENGLISH -
1 "Light and salt" you called your friends,
"On the hill your city:
let your light shine out for all,
still and peace and pity."
But if salt has lost its taste,
and the light its fuel,
and the city shuts its gates,
whence can come renewal?
2 All in their own place receive
Gospel, guidance, duty:
daily bread and daily work
toward the kingdom's beauty.
Yet the world's distracting scene
mocks our lofty vision.
Life's complexities confuse
conscience and decision.
3 Men dispute and nations fight
each all virtue claiming;
your disciple errs and falls
false opinion framing.
Judge me, Lord, and plead my cause,
light and truth now send me;
lead me in your righteousness,
chasten and befriend me. Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16 Languages: English; Taiwanese Tune Title: SU-KONG-PAN
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