John Rutter
John Rutter
John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter
John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter
John Rutter
John Rutter
John Rutter
John Rutter
John Rutter
John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter
John Rutter
John Rutter
“Be Thou My Vision” is a traditional Irish Christian Hymn. The words are based on a Middle Irish Poem that is traditionally attributed to Saint Dallán Forgaill. The first translation of this song came in 1905 by Mary Elizabeth Byrne in 1905. This cover by John Rutter uses an alternative English vers...
[Verse 1]
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Be all else but naught to me, save that thou art;
Be thou my best thought in the day and the night
Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light
[Verse 2]
Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word
Be thou ever with me, and I with thee, Lord;
Be thou my great Father, and I thy true son;
Be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one
[Verse 3]
Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
Be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might;
Be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower:
O raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my power
[Verse 4]
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise;
Be thou mine inheritance now and always;
Be thou and thou only the first in my heart::
O Sovereign of heaven, my treasure thou art
[Verse 5]
High King of heaven, thou heaven's bright Sun
O grant me its joys after vict'ry is won;
Great heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all