අතීතයේදිද මතුන්

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1 අතීතයේදිද මතුන්
අපගේ එකම
පැතුමද උපකාරෙත්
ඔබයි හිමිතූම

2 ඔබ සිහසන් සෙවනේ
සැපතින් වසමු
ඔබස සුරතින් පමණේ
ඇතොත් සුරැකෙමු

3 කඳු හෙල් සාදන්ටත් පෙර
ඔබ දෙවිඳුය
ඊයෙත් අදත් සදාකල්හීත්
වෙනස් නොවන්නේය

4 දහස් වසක් ඔබ හට
දවසක් ලෙස වේ
පෙර හිරු පායන්නට
උදේ යාම මෙන් වේ

5 කාලය සැඩ පාරක් මෙන්
ගෙනයයි සත් සැම
රෑදුටු සීනේ විලසින්
වේ උන් තුරන් වීම

6 අතීතයේදීද මතුත්
අපේ පැතුම වෙත්
දෙවිඳුනි අග දක්වාත්
රකින් අප නිතින්

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15443

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Translator: J. S. De Silva

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First Line: අතීතයේදිද මතුන් (Atītayēdida matun)
Title: අතීතයේදිද මතුන්
English Title: Our God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts
Translator: J. S. De Silva
Language: Sinhala
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. ANNE

Though no firm documentation exists, ST. ANNE was probably composed by William Croft (PHH 149), possibly when he was organist from 1700-1711 at St. Anne's Church in Soho, London, England. (According to tradition, St. Anne was the mother of the Virgin Mary.) The tune was first published in A Suppleme…

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