橄欖山頭歌 ('Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow)

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時已夜半，橄欖山頭

Author: William B. Tappan (1822); Translator: Yinliu Yang (1934)
Tune: OLIVE'S BROW
Published in 5 hymnals

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	Lenten Nocturne

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1 時已夜半，橄欖山頭，
晚星已經幽暗不明；
時已夜半，山園之中，
孤單救主，祈禱聲殷。
2 時已夜半，冷冷淸淸，
救主孤身抵擋憂驚；
便是救主所愛門徒，
也不注意救主傷心。
3 時已夜半，為人罪孽，
救主痛哭，哀流血淚；
但是悲傷跪禱的主，
並未被他聖父遺棄。
4 時已夜半，天上傳來
天使所唱甜蜜歌聲；
這種歌聲，人間未聞，
當時安慰救主傷心。
（阿們。）

Source: 普天頌讚 (Hymns of Universal Praise) #105

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Author: William B. Tappan

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Translator: Yinliu Yang

Ernest Yinliu Yang (b. Wuxi,Jiangsu, China, 1899; d. China, 1984), served on the committee that prepared the interdenominational Chinese hymnbook Hymns of Universal Praise (1936). He wrote over two hundred hymns, including melodies, arrangements, translations, and original texts. Regarded as an outstanding musicologist in China, he is known especially for his important two-volume history of ancient music in China, Zhongkuo Gudai Yinyue Shigao (1944). A graduate of St. John's University in Shanghai and Guanghua University, Yang taught at Yanjing University, the National Conservatory of Music, and Jinling Women's University. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988 Go to person page >

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First Line:	時已夜半，橄欖山頭
Title:	橄欖山頭歌 ('Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow)
Translator:	Yinliu Yang (1934)
Author:	William B. Tappan (1822)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	Chinese