Hymn 328-0

當我不見基督容華
How Tedious and Tasteless the Hours

Hymn 328-1

1a	當我不見基督容華， 時間何等無味、可厭！ 甘甜的鳥、甘甜的花， 對我就不再是甘甜；

How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds and sweet flow’rs
Have all lost their sweetness to me.

Hymn 328-2

1b	可愛太陽如失光線， 田野枉欲表現歡喜， 當我快樂在祂裏面， 陰霾也如晴空美麗。

The mid-summer sun shines but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in Him,
December’s as pleasant as May.

Hymn 328-3

2a	祂名發出最美香味， 祂聲成為最甜音樂； 祂的同在展我愁眉， 使我裏面盡都歡悅。

His name yields the richest perfume,
And sweeter than music His voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice,

Hymn 328-4

2b	祂若如此不斷親密， 我就無何可怕、可求； 無人快樂與我可比， 我的春日常年長有。

I should, were He always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal so happy as I;
My summer would last all the year.

Hymn 328-5

3a	看見祂面我就甘甜， 我就只求祂的歡喜； 不論時地有何改變， 不能改變我的心意。

Content with beholding His face,
My all to His pleasure resigned;
No changes of season or place,
Would make any change in my mind.

Hymn 328-6

3b	只要感覺祂的愛戀， 宮殿也成可笑玩具； 監獄可成榮耀宮殿， 如果基督和我同居。

While blessed with a sense of His love,
A palace a toy would appear;
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.

Hymn 328-7

4a	我主，若我真是屬你， 你若是我詩歌、太陽， 請問為何我仍憂悒？ 為何嚴冬這樣久長？

My Lord, if indeed I am Thine,
If Thou art my sun and my song,
Say, why do I languish and pine?
And why are my winters so long?

Hymn 328-8

4b	或將黑雲趕離我天， 恢復你的歡樂同在； 或接我到你的面前， 無冬昏昧，無雪靉靆。

Oh, drive these dark clouds from the sky,
Thy soul-cheering presence restore;
Or take me to Thee up on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.

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