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词条 Be Thou My Vision
释义

  1. Text

  2. Musical accompaniment

  3. Lyrics

     Original Old Irish Text  English translation by Mary Byrne (1905)  Modern Irish translation  English version by Eleanor Hull (1912)  Alternative English version by Eleanor Hull (1912)  Modern Scottish Gaelic translation  Other languages 

  4. Modern renditions

  5. References

  6. See also

  7. External links

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| translation =
| native_name = Middle Irish Rop tú mo baile or Rob tú mo bhoile
| native_name_lang = sga
| genre = Hymn
| form =
| text = attr. St Dallán Forgaill;
trans. Eleanor Hull
| language =
| meter = 10.10.10.10
| melody = Slane (trad. Irish)
| composed =
| published = 6th or 8th century (trans. 1912)
| misc = Translations into English, Modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic
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"Be Thou My Vision" ({{lang-sga|Rop tú mo baile or Rob tú mo bhoile}}) is a traditional Christian hymn of Irish origin. The words are based on a Middle Irish poem often attributed to the sixth-century Irish Christian poet Dallán Forgaill, although it is probably later than that. The best-known English version, with some minor variations, was translated by Eleanor Hull and published in 1912. Since 1919 it has been commonly sung to an Irish folk tune, noted as “Slane” in church hymnals, and is one of the most popular hymns in the United Kingdom.[1]

Text

The original Old Irish text, "Rop tú mo Baile", is often attributed to Saint Dallán Forgaill in the 6th century,[2] However, scholars believe it was written later than that. Some date it to the 8th century;[3] others putting it as late as the 10th or 11th century.[4] A 14th century manuscript attributed to Adhamh Ó Cianáin contains a handwritten copy of the poem in Middle Irish, and is held at the National Library of Ireland.[5] A second manuscript is at the Royal Irish Academy, dating from about the 10th or 11th century.

The text of "Rop tú mo Baile"/"Be Thou My Vision" reflects aspects of life in Early Christian Ireland (c.400-800 AD). The prayer belongs to a type known as a lorica, a prayer for protection.[6] The symbolic use of a battle-shield and a sword to invoke the power and protection of God draws on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians ({{bible|Ephesians|6:16-17}}), which refers to "the shield of faith" and "the sword of the Spirit". Such military symbolism was common in the poetry and hymnnology of Christian monasteries of the period due to the prevalence of clan warfare across Ireland.[7] The poem makes reference to God as "King of the Seven Heavens" and the "High King of Heaven".[7] This depiction of the Christian God as a chieftain or High King ({{lang-ga|Ard Rí}}) is a traditional representation in Irish literature; medieval Irish poetry typically used heroic imagery to cast God as a clan protector.[8]

In 1905, "Rop tú mo Baile" was translated from Old Irish into English by Mary Elizabeth Byrne in Ériu, the journal of the School of Irish Learning. The English text was first versified in 1912 by Eleanor Hull, president of the Irish Literary Society, and this is now the most common text used.[9][10]

Musical accompaniment

The hymn is sung to the melody noted as “Slane” in hymnals, an Irish folk tune in {{music|time|3|4}} time,[11] first published as "With My Love on the Road" in Patrick Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs in 1909.[12] The tune is a more elemental distillation of earlier forms, such as "The Hielan's o' Scotland'[13] and "By the Banks of the Bann," also compiled in Joyce (1909).[14] The words of "Be Thou My Vision" were first combined with this tune in the Irish Church Hymnal in 1919.[15] In some modern renditions the rhythm of "Slane" is adapted to {{music|time|4|4}}.[16]

It was common practice [17] to attribute hymn tune names to the place where they were collected by folk song collectors, such as Vaughan Williams who co-edited The English Hymnal, published in 1906. Slane is a village in Ireland.

Three more 20th century hymns have been set to the same tune. The first was "Lord of All Hopefulness" written by Jan Struther around 1931.[18] The second was "Lord of Creation, to Thee be All Praise" written by J. C. Winslow and first published in 1961.[19] The third was a popular wedding hymn, "God, In the Planning and Purpose of Life", written by John Bell and Graham Maule and first appearing in publication in 1989.[20]

Gå inte förbi ("Don't Walk Past") is a duet-single set to the tune, recorded by Swedish singer Peter Jöback and Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø and written by Ulf Schagerman. Jöback sings the lyrics in Swedish while Sissel sings in Norwegian. It was released as a single in 2003 and at an extended reissue of Jöback's Christmas album Jag kommer hem igen till jul. It was a hit in Norway and Sweden in the Christmas time of 2003 and a music video directed by Mikadelica was made in Denmark.[21]{{dead link|date=September 2017}} Norwegian newspaper VG gave it 4 out of 6.[22]

Lyrics

{{listen |filename=Rop tu mo baile.ogg |title="Rop Tú mo Baile" |description=Selected verses of "Be thou my vision" sung in Old Irish to the musical composition, "Slane" |format=Ogg}}

The original texts of the now-called "Be Thou My Vision" are in Old Irish similar still in style to Modern Irish. The hymn has been translated into Modern Irish many times. The most popular is that by Aodh Ó Dúgain of Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal. Two verses of his translation were recorded by his granddaughter Moya Brennan – the first time any part of his text has been publicly recorded. Since then, those two verses have been recorded by many artists including Roma Downey and Aoife and Iona. These verses are very close translations to the first two of the Old Irish text above.

With Old Irish being the ancestor language of Modern Scottish Gaelic, the song was translated by Céitidh Mhoireasdan and published by Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.Soills’ Air Mo Smuain

Two variants of Eleanor Hull's 1912 English translation exist; one version, commonly used in Irish and Scottish hymnals (including the Hymnbooks of the Church of Scotland), fits the metre 10.10.10.10, while a paraphrased version that is used in English books (such as the New English Hymnal) is suitable to an anacrucial metre 10.11.11.11.[23][24]

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Original Old Irish Text

Rop tú mo baile, a Choimdiu cride:

ní ní nech aile acht Rí secht nime.

Rop tú mo scrútain i l-ló 's i n-aidche;

rop tú ad-chëar im chotlud caidche.

Rop tú mo labra, rop tú mo thuicsiu;

rop tussu dam-sa, rob misse duit-siu.

Rop tussu m'athair, rob mé do mac-su;

rop tussu lem-sa, rob misse lat-su.

Rop tú mo chathscíath, rop tú mo chlaideb;

rop tussu m'ordan, rop tussu m'airer.

Rop tú mo dítiu, rop tú mo daingen;

rop tú nom-thocba i n-áentaid n-aingel.

Rop tú cech maithius dom churp, dom anmain;

rop tú mo flaithius i n-nim 's i talmain.

Rop tussu t' áenur sainserc mo chride;

ní rop nech aile acht Airdrí nime.

Co talla forum, ré n-dul it láma,

mo chuit, mo chotlud, ar méit do gráda.

Rop tussu t' áenur m' urrann úais amra:

ní chuinngim daíne ná maíne marba.

Rop amlaid dínsiur cech sel, cech sáegul,

mar marb oc brénad, ar t' fégad t' áenur.

Do serc im anmain, do grád im chride,

tabair dam amlaid, a Rí secht nime.

Tabair dam amlaid, a Rí secht nime,

do serc im anmain, do grád im chride.

Go Ríg na n-uile rís íar m-búaid léire;

ro béo i flaith nime i n-gile gréine

A Athair inmain, cluinte mo núall-sa:

mithig (mo-núarán!) lasin trúagán trúag-sa.

A Chríst mo chride, cip ed dom-aire,

a Flaith na n-uile, rop tú mo baile.

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English translation by Mary Byrne (1905)

Be thou my vision O Lord of my heart

None other is aught but the King of the seven heavens.

Be thou my meditation by day and night.

May it be thou that I behold even in my sleep.

Be thou my speech, be thou my understanding.

Be thou with me, be I with thee

Be thou my father, be I thy son.

Mayst thou be mine, may I be thine.

Be thou my battle-shield, be thou my sword.

Be thou my dignity, be thou my delight.

Be thou my shelter, be thou my stronghold.

Mayst thou raise me up to the company of the angels.

Be thou every good to my body and soul.

Be thou my kingdom in heaven and on earth.

Be thou solely chief love of my heart.

Let there be none other, O high King of Heaven.

Till I am able to pass into thy hands,

My treasure, my beloved through the greatness of thy love

Be thou alone my noble and wondrous estate.

I seek not men nor lifeless wealth.

Be thou the constant guardian of every possession and every life.

For our corrupt desires are dead at the mere sight of thee.

Thy love in my soul and in my heart --

Grant this to me, O King of the seven heavens.

O King of the seven heavens grant me this --

Thy love to be in my heart and in my soul.

With the King of all, with him after victory won by piety,

May I be in the kingdom of heaven O brightness of the son.

Beloved Father, hear, hear my lamentations.

Timely is the cry of woe of this miserable wretch.

O heart of my heart, whatever befall me,

O ruler of all, be thou my vision.

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Modern Irish translation

Bí Thusa ’mo shúile a Rí mhór na ndúil

Líon thusa mo bheatha mo chéadfaí ’s mo stuaim

Bí thusa i m'aigne gach oíche ’s gach lá

Im chodladh nó im dhúiseacht, líon mé le do ghrá.

Bí thusa ’mo threorú i mbriathar ’s i mbeart

Fan thusa go deo liom is coinnigh mé ceart

Glac cúram mar Athair, is éist le mo ghuí

Is tabhair domsa áit cónaí istigh i do chroí.

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English version by Eleanor Hull (1912)

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.

Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;

Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;

Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;

Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;

Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tow’r:

Raise Thou me heav’nward, O Pow’r of my pow’r.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,

Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:

Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,

High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,

May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heav’n’s Sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

(The English Methodist version from 1964 omits verse 3.)

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Alternative English version by Eleanor Hull (1912)

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;

Be all else but naught to me, save that Thou art;

Be Thou my best thought in the day and the night,

Both waking and sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;

Be Thou ever with me, and I with Thee, Lord;

Be Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son;

Be Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my Breastplate, my Sword for the fight;

Be Thou my whole Armor, be Thou my true Might;

Be Thou my soul’s Shelter, be Thou my strong Tow’r,

O raise Thou me heav’nward, great Pow’r of my pow’r.

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise;

Be Thou mine inheritance, now and always;

Be Thou and Thou only the first in my heart,

O high King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of heaven, Thou heaven's bright Sun,

O grant me its joys, after vict'ry is won;

Great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Still be Thou my vision, O Ruler of all.

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Modern Scottish Gaelic translation

Dèan dhòmh-sa tuigse,

Cuir soills’ air mo smuain;

Dh’iarrainn gur Tu

Bhiodh ’gam stiùreadh gach uair;

Làmh rium ’s an oidhche

Is romham ’s an tràth,

Réidh rium ’sa mhadainn

Agus glèidh mi tro’n latha.

Ceartas do m’ bhriathran

Agus fìrinn do m’ bheul,

Thusa toirt iùil dhomh

’S mi dlùth riut, a Dhè.

Athair, thoir gràdh dhomh,

Gabh mis’ thugad fhéin;

Cum mi ri d’ thaobh

Is bi daonnan ’nam chrè.

Dìon mi, a Thighearna,

Ri mo chliathaich ’s gach feachd;

Cùm mi fo d’ sgiath

’S thoir dhomh misneachd is neart,

Fasgadh do m’ anam

Is mi ri d’uchd dlùth;

Treòraich mi dhachaigh,

Dhè chumhachdaich Thu.

Beartas cha’n fhiach leam;

No miann chlann ’nan daoin’,

Thusa na m’ fhianais

Fad làithean mo shaogh’il

Thusa, Dhè ghràsmhoir,

A-mhàin na mo chrìdh’,

Le blàths is gràdh sìorraidh,

Mo Thighearna ’s mo Rìgh.

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Other languages

  • Bahasa Indonesia - "Kaulah, ya Tuhan, Surya Hidupku", "Dikau, Tuhan, Jadilah Impianku"
  • Chinese - "成为我异象"
  • Dutch - "Wees Mijn Verlangen"
  • French - "Qu'en toi je vive, Seigneur bien aimé"
  • German - "Steh mir vor Augen"
  • Greek - "Γίνε όραμα μου Θεέ της καρδίας"
  • Hungarian - "Légy te menedékem"
  • Italian - "Sii la mia Visione"
  • Korean - "내 맘의 주여 소망 되소서"
  • Nepali - "होऊ मेरो दर्शन"
  • Norwegian - "Deg å få skode"
  • Polish - "On moim Panem"
  • Portuguese - "Dono do Meu Coração"
  • Spanish - "Oh Dios, Sé Mi Visión", "Oh Dios de mi alma, Sé Mi Visión"
  • Swedish – "Närmare mig (Herre, du min klippa)"
  • Thai - "โอ้เจ้าแห่งดวงจิต"
  • Ukrainian - "Будь мені, Боже, метою життя"
  • Welsh - "Bydd yn Welediad fy nghalon a'm byw"

Modern renditions

  • Michael Card on Starkindler
  • Eden's Bridge - on Celtic Worship
  • Jars of Clay - on Yellow
  • Rebecca St. James - on Pray
  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir - on Heavensong
  • Moya Brennan – on Whisper to the Wild Water
  • Ginny Owens - on Without Condition
  • Pedro the Lion – on The Only Reason I Feel Secure
  • Rend Collective - on Homemade Worship by Handmade People
  • Roma Downey & Aoife Ní Fhearraigh - on An Irish Holiday
  • The Martins - on Glorify Edify Testify
  • Van Morrison – on Hymns to the Silence
  • Bob Chilcott's arrangement for SATB choir
  • Zsolt Gárdonyi's arrangement for organ
  • Ascend the Hill - on "Take the World, but Give Me Jesus"
  • Kings Kaleidoscope - LIVE IN COLOUR
  • Audrey Assad - Inheritance
  • Rend Collective Experiment - You Are My Vision, from the album: "Homemade Worship By Handmade People" (2012)

References

1. ^https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3DnJQz7zsF1JrB3rZ8yQ86w/the-uks-top-100-hymns
2. ^Be Thou My Vision {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519182436/http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/e/t/bethoumv.htm |date=2012-05-19 }} at Cyberhymnal
3. ^Kenneth W. Osbeck, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rQ_Y078X5NAC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=hymn+tune+SLANE+-%22google+books%22&source=bl&ots=PD-DK5mQHc&sig=U04fo2IJPX9-wWLaBc7fzWC_0r4&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=hymn%20tune%20SLANE%20-%22google%20books%22&f=false 101 More Hymn Stories], Kregel Publications, 1985, p. 43
4. ^Gerard Murphy, Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956, pp. 42–45, 190–191
5. ^{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Sheila Louise|title="Rop tú mo Baile" A Traditional 14 th C. Irish Poem/Song|url=https://www.academia.edu/28437315/_Rop_t%C3%BA_mo_Baile_A_Traditional_14_th_C._Irish_Poem_Song_-_by_Sheila_Louise_Wright|accessdate=11 December 2017|language=en}}
6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=CcleDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA455&dq=dall%C3%A1n+forgaill&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpq-vI8PTPAhUKez4KHZ7JBN84ChDoAQhKMAg#v=onepage&q=dall%C3%A1n%20forgaill&f=false Daw, Carl P. Jr., "Be Thou My Vision", Glory to God: A Companion, Westminster John Knox Press, 2016] {{ISBN|9781611646528}}
7. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Byfield|first1=Ted|title=Darkness Descends : A.D. 350 to 565, the Fall of the Western Roman Empire|date=2003|publisher=Christian History Project|isbn=9780968987339|page=244|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kZA4wyCSfUAC&lpg=PA244&dq=%22Be%20Thou%20My%20Vision%22%20High%20King%20of%20ireland&pg=PA244#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=11 December 2017|language=en}}
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Ministries|first1=Discipleship|title=History of Hymns: “Be Thou My Vision” - umcdiscipleship.org|url=https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-be-thou-my-vision|website=www.umcdiscipleship.org|accessdate=11 December 2017|language=en}}
9. ^"The New Methodist Hymn Book Illustrated", John Telford (Epworth Press, London, 1934): "This Old Irish poem was translated by Mary E. Byrne M.A. of the University of Ireland, an Irish Research worker to the Board of Intermediate Education. It was versified by Miss Eleanor Henrietta Hull, founder of the Irish Text Society, its secretary in 1899 and sometimes President of the Irish Literary Society of London and author of books on Ireland."
10. ^{{cite book|last1=Bradley|first1=Ian|title=Daily Telegraph Book of Hymns|date=2006|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=9780826482822|page=64|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uWfUAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA64&dq=be%20thou%20my%20vision%20hymn%20high%20king%20of%20ireland&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=11 December 2017|language=en}}
11. ^Be Thou My Vision sheet music
12. ^Patrick Joyce, [https://archive.org/stream/oldirishfolkmusi00royauoft#page/150/mode/2up Old Irish Folk Music and Songs], 1909, p. 151
13. ^{{cite book|last1=Huntington|first1=Gale|last2=Herrmann|first2=Lani|title=Sam Henry's Songs of the People|date=2010|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=9780820336251|page=487|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aiQ7UAwQgDUC&lpg=PA487&dq=%22with%20my%20love%20on%20the%20road%22&pg=PA487#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=11 December 2017|language=en}}
14. ^https://archive.org/stream/oldirishfolkmusi00royauoft#page/294/mode/2up/search/bann
15. ^{{cite web|last=Smith III |first=James D. |title=Be Thou My Vision |url=http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1998/issue60/60h037.html |publisher=Christianity Today Library |accessdate=15 January 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232626/http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1998/issue60/60h037.html |archivedate=22 April 2014 |df= }}
16. ^For example, Be Thou My Vision – revamped {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042542/http://savedalone.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/be-thou-my-vision-revamped/ |date=September 24, 2014 }}.
17. ^”Hymn Tune Names: their sources and significance”, publisher: Nashville, Abingdon Press (1957). Authors: McCutchan, Robert Guy, page 20
18. ^http://www.hymnary.org/text/lord_of_all_hopefulness_lord_of_all_joy
19. ^{{cite book|title=Hymns for Church and School|publisher=Gresham|date=1964|ISBN=0-946095-20-5}}
20. ^http://www.hymnary.org/text/god_in_the_planning_and_purpose_of_life
21. ^http://peterjoback.com/nyheter_swedish.php?newsdetail=71&page=55
22. ^http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/peter-joback-amp-sissel-kyrkjeboe-gaa-inte-forbi-single/a/201106/
23. ^{{cite book|last1=Stainer|first1=John|title=The Church Hymnary: Authorized for Use in Public Worship by the Church of Scotland, the United Free Church of Scotland, The Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, the Presbyterian Church of South Africa|date=1913|publisher=H. Frowde|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rgI9AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA870&dq=church+hymnary&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUwoj484HYAhWkJsAKHUytC-wQ6wEIKDAA|accessdate=11 December 2017|language=en|chapter=477. Be Thou my Vision}}
24. ^{{cite book|title=The New English Hymnal|date=1998|publisher=Canterbury Press|isbn=9781853110979|chapter=339. Be Thou my Vision}}

See also

  • Saint Patrick's Breastplate

External links

{{commonscat}}
  • Rop tú mo baile (Original Irish Version)
  • Rop tú mo baile - pronunciation - soundfile by Dennis King
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204080700/http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Be_Thou_My_Vision_%28Traditional%29 CPDL.org Article]
  • {{ChoralWiki|Be Thou my vision (Traditional)|"Be Thou My Vision"|prep=of}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120519182436/http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/e/t/bethoumv.htm Lyrics, History and MIDI at CyberHymnal]
  • Utah Baroque Ensemble Version with Lyrics at Your-Church.com
  • Be Thou My Vision tune information and sheet music on TradTune.com

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