Jerusalem the Golden
Words and music by Bernard of Cluny aka. Bernard of Morlaix · tr. John Mason Neale · 1146
Key of C · 110 BPM · 4/4 · Angels,Anticipation,Brevity of Life · Rev 21:18-23
Verse 1
Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed.
I know not, O I know not, what joys await us there,
What radiancy of glory, what bliss beyond compare.
Verse 2
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 blessèd are decked in glorious sheen.
Verse 3
There is the throne of David, and there, from care released,
The shout of them that triumph, the song of them that feast;
And they are with their Leader, who conquered in the fight,
And won for them forever their gleaming robes of white.
Verse 4
O sweet and blessèd country, the home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessèd country, that eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us to that dear land of rest,
Who art, with God the Father, and Spirit, ever blessed.
Verse 5
Brief life is here our portion, brief sorrow, short lived care;
The life that knows no ending, the tearless life, is there.
O happy retribution! Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners, a mansion with the blest.
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