Ver Tú Mær Hjá

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Ver tú mær hjá, nú sólin fór um sýn

Author: Henry Francis Lyte; Translator: Edmund í Garŏi
Tune: EVENTIDE (Monk)
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1 Ver tú mær hjá, nú sólin fór um sýn,
Og dagur aftnar, kæri Harri mín!
Tá onnur hjálp og uggan fellur frá,
Hjálp teirra hjálparleysu, ver mær hjá!

2 Skjótt endar henda stutta jarðarstund,
Tá fánar dýrdin øll við heimsins sund.
Alt ridlar leyst, sum eyga mítt kann sjá,
O, tú, sum broytist ei, ver tú mær hjá!

3 Ber ei sum drottin ræðslu í mítt sinn,
Men brosa blíðan, kín mær tár av kinn!
Lat meg hjá tær, við djúpu sálartrá,
Mær finna ugga, Guð mín, ver mær hjá!

4 Mær tørvar tína hjálp hvønn lívsins dag.
Bert náði tín kann doyva fjandans slag.
Hvør er sum tú? í ódn og sólskinsbrá,
Mín stavur og mín stuðul, ver mær hjá!

5 Við tær í fylgi aldri óttist eg.
Í sorg og sjúku ber tað trygdarveg.
Á gravarskugga, deyða, sum tú vá,
Eg vinni sigur, um tú ert mær hjá.

6 Tá eygað sloknar, krossin vís tú mær,
Lýs gjøgnum myrkrið mær í himnagarð!
Rým jarðarnátt—nú lýsing er at sjá!
Í lív’ og deyða, Guð mín, ver mær hjá!

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Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

Translator: Edmund í Garŏi

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Ver tú mær hjá, nú sólin fór um sýn
Title:	Ver Tú Mær Hjá
English Title:	Abide with me, fast falls the evening light
Author:	Henry Francis Lyte
Translator:	Edmund í Garŏi
Meter:	10.10.10.10
Language:	Faroese
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

EVENTIDE (Monk)

According to some sources, William H. Monk (PHH 332) wrote EVENTIDE for Lyte's text in ten minutes. As the story goes, Monk was attending a hymnal committee meeting for the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern of which he was music editor. Realizing that this text had no tune, Monk sat down at t…

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