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مثلما دل المجوس

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1 مثلما قادَ المجوسْ
نورُ نجمٍ مرشدِ
إذ بدا فوقَ الرؤوسْ
هادياً للمذودِ
هَبْ لمن ضلُّوا المسيرْ
كوكبَ الصبحِ المنيرْ

2 وكما هُم عَبدوا
بالرضا الطفلَ يسوعْ
ولهُ قد سجدوا
بسرورٍ وخشوعْ
أعطنا في كلِّ حين
حبَّ فادينا الأمينْ

3 وكما أهدوا لُبانْ
معَ مُرٍّ وذهبْ
ليتنا في كلِّ آنْ
كلَّ ما لنا نَهَبْ
نقِفُ العمرَ لهُ
شاكرينَ فضلَهُ


Source: كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية #39

Translator: ابراهيم باز الحداد

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Author: William C. Dix

Most British hymn writers in the nineteenth century were clergymen, but William C. Dix (b. Bristol, England, 1837; d. Cheddar, Somerset, England, 1898) was a notable exception. Trained in the business world, he became the manager of a marine insurance company in Glasgow, Scotland. Dix published various volumes of his hymns, such as Hymns of Love and Joy (1861) and Altar Songs: Verses on the Holy Eucharist (1867). A number of his texts were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: مثلما دل المجوس
English Title: As With Gladness, Men of Old
Translator: ابراهيم باز الحداد
Author: William C. Dix
Language: Arabic
Publication Date: 1913
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

DIX (Kocher)

An early form of the tune DIX was composed by Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872). Trained as a teacher, Kocher moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him t…

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JUBILEE (Arabic)


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تسابيح الرجاء #39

تسابيح المحبة #69

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كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية #39

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