Hymn 565
Alleluia, Song of gladness
Alleluya ! orin t’o dùn
- Alleluia, Song of gladness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia! is the anthem
Ever raised by choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding
Thus they sing eternally. - Alleluia, thou resoundest,
True Jerusalem and free;
Alleluia, joyful mother,
All thy children sing with thee,
But by Babylon's sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we. - Alleluia cannot always
Be our song while here below;
Alleluia, our transgressions
Make us for a while forego;
For the solemn time is coming
When our tears for sin must flow. - Therefore in our hymns we pray Thee,
Grant us, blessed Trinity,
At the last to keep Thine Easter
With Thy faithful saints on high;
There to Thee for ever singing
Alleluia joyfully. Amen.