Morning Has Broken - Rewon 'Olong

[Alyara Arati]

"Morning Has Broken" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan".

English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his album Teaser and the Firecat (1971). The song became identified with Stevens due to the popularity of this recording.  (Cat Stevens substituted "world" for "Word" in verses one and four.)

Often the lyrics posted of this hymn get a few of the original words wrong, because they seem to make more sense wrong than right, hrh, but faith and Biblical references were a sign of the times and understood when first written.  (the Word = God)

If anyone want to take a shot at recording it, this should be both simple and totally singable, meter and rhyme consistent with original version, but I've been asked not to do my own singing anymore...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmAOBosGlHY

Spoiler: English Lyrics

Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from Heaven
Like the first dewfall on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day

Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word

Spoiler: Wayä Aylì'u NìNa'vi

Rewon 'olong na rewon a'awve
Layona yayo rolol nìteng
Syawn sì irayo rewon sì wayfpi
Kop fpi fwa za'u Eywata keng

Tawftu, atanhu, tompa aflrr zup
Zeswasìn kllwo payìvana
Syawn sì irayo fpi seng amei
Li aysyulang polaw parulfa

Pum oey lu tsawke, pum oey lu rewon
Ta atan ateng swotuto mi
Syawn sì irayo, tìng mefot frakrr
Tìng meuiat mipa trrfpi

[Toliman]

Sìltsana tìralpeng, sunu oeru

[Alyara Arati]

Irayo, ma Toliman!  Tstunwi nìtxan!  Also thanks for your kind comments on Born This Way, which I forgot to respond to.   It means a lot!

[Toliman]

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