ಕರುಣಾಳು ಬಾ ಬೆಳಕೆ ಮಸುಕಿದೀ ಮಬ್ಬಿನಲಿ
ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು
ಇರುಳು ಕತ್ತಲೆಯ ಗವಿ ಮನೆ ದೂರ ಕನಿಕರಿಸಿ
ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು
ಹೇಳಿ ನನ್ನಡಿಯಿಡಿಸು ಬಲುದೂರ ನೋಟವನು
ಕೇಳನೊಡನೆಯೆ ಸಾಕು ನನಗೊಂದು ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ
ಮುನ್ನ ಇಂತಿರದಾದೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಬೇಡದೆ ಹೋದೆ
ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು
ಇಷ್ಟುದಿನ ಸಲಹಿರುವೆ ಈ ಮೂರ್ಖನನು ನೀನು ಮುಂದೆಯೂ
ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸದಿಹೆಯಾ
ಕಷ್ಟದಡವಿಯ ಕಳೆದು ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಹೊಳೆಗಳ ಹಾದು
ಇರುಳನ್ನು ನೂಕದಿಹೆಯಾ?
ಬೆಳಗಾಗ ಹೊಳೆಯದೆಯೆ ಹಿಂದೊಮ್ಮೆ ನಾನೊಲಿದು
ಈ ನಡುವೆ ಕಳಕೊಂಡೆ ದಿವ್ಯ ಮುಖ ನಗುತ
ಬಿ.ಎಂ. ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠಯ್ಯ
ಈ ಭಾವಗೀತೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ
Lead, Kindly Light
"Lead, Kindly Light,
amidst th'encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor
prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
So long Thy power hath
blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on.
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
Meantime, along the narrow
rugged path,
Thyself hast trod,
Lead, Saviour, lead me home in childlike faith,
Home to my God.
To rest forever after earthly strife
In the calm light of everlasting life."
John Henry
Newman
Note:
Lead, Kindly Light is a hymn with words written in 1833 by John Henry Newman as a poem titled
"the Pillar of Cloud". In some hymnals, one may find a fourth verse
added by Edward H Bickersteth Jr, Bishop of Exeter . It is usually sung to the
tune Lux Benigna, composed by John Bacchus Dykes in 1865, to Alberta
by William H Harris, or as a choral anthem by John Stainer (1886). New choral
settings have been composed by Nottingham-based composer Alex Patterson, first
performed in December 2011, and by American composer Dan Forrest, first
performed April 3, 2012.
As a
young priest, Newman became sick while in Italy and was unable to travel for
almost three weeks. In his own words:
Before
starting from my inn, I sat down on my bed and began to sob bitterly. My
servant, who had acted as my nurse, asked what ailed me. I could only answer,
"I have a work to do in England." I was aching to get home, yet for
want of a vessel I was kept at Palermo for three weeks. I began to visit the
churches, and they calmed my impatience, though I did not attend any services.
At last I got off in an orange boat, bound for Marseilles. We were becalmed for
whole week in the Straits of Bonifacio, and it was there that I wrote the
lines, Lead, Kindly Light, which have since become so well known.
Source:
Wikipedia