深處白雲之鄉

三版普頌以「草場美好牧群羊，處處榮耀光芒」來取代「牧場安置百花地，深處白雲之鄉」, 《普天頌讚》一貫的文采頓失, 令人慨歎.

是修好了還是修壞了? 難道時代已經過去了?


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二版普頌 / 楊蔭瀏譯 1933

耶路撒冷黃金邦，流乳與蜜之鄉
哀怨呼聲憂鬱心，沉浸樂園懷想
難用言語來描述，何等喜樂安康
何等光榮與燦爛，無比宏福無疆

郇城巍然眾聖堂，歡樂歌聲震響
千萬天軍添光彩，烈士排列成行
聖子永遠與相偕，白晝光輝明朗
牧場安置百花地，深處白雲之鄉

三版普頌 (2000) 修訂成:

耶路撒冷黃金邦，流奶與蜜之鄉
深思主國滿盼想，縱陷壓力多方
遠超言語能描述：何等喜樂正待
光榮燦爛沐永輝！無比天福永載

堂煌錫安眾聖堂，歡樂歌聲震響
千萬天軍衣發白，烈士排列成行
聖子永遠與相偕，日光安舒輝煌
草場美好牧群羊，處處榮耀光芒

Bernard of Cluny, 12th cent.
John Neale, 1862

Jerusalem the golden,
with milk and honey blest,
beneath thy contemplation
sink heart and voice oppressed:
I know not, oh, I know not,
what joys await us there;
what radiancy of glory,
what bliss beyond compare!

They stand, those halls of Zion,
all jubilant with song,
and bright with many an angel,
and all the martyr throng:
the Prince is ever in them,
the daylight is serene;
the pastures of the blessed
are decked in glorious sheen.

O sweet and blessed country, shall I ever see thy face?
O sweet and blessed country, shall I ever win thy grace?
Exult, O dust and ashes, the Lord shall be thy part:
His only his for ever, thou shalt be, and thou art.