Bugbe re ti lewa to - Pleasant are thy courts above (Hymn)
I love hymns and songs of praise.
The love could have spun from visiting my grandparents, Baba and Mama, in our ancestral home. Baba and Mama took us to Sunday church services at the majestic St. Pauls Cathedral, Iloro, Ilesha. The choir at the Cathedral, each member tucked behind luxurious lamps, would sing hymns like angels. I fell head over heels in love with hymns during those times. Simply one of the best times of my life.
Needless to say, all family weddings, birthdays and burials were also done at the same Cathedral.
'Pleasant are thy Courts above' was one of Baba's favourite hymns and I adopted it as one of mine.
Enjoy the lyrics and the video of the English and Yoruba translations of 'Bugbe re ti Lewa to - Pleasant are thy courts above' that I shared below 
1. Bugbe re ti l‘ewa to
N‘ile ‘mole at‘ife!
‘Bugbe re ti l‘ewa to
L‘aiye ese at‘osi
Okan mi n'fa ni toto
Fun idapo eeyan re
Fun imole oju re
Fun ekun re Olorun
2. Ayo ba awon eye
Ti nfo yi pepe re ka
Ayo okan t‘o nsimi
L‘aya Baba l‘o poju
Gege b‘adaba Noah
Ti ko r‘ibi simi le
Won pada s‘odo Baba
Won si nyo titi aye
{Above: Sing along courtesyYoruba Hymnal}
3. Won ko simi iyin won
Ninu aye osi yi
Omi sun ni aginju
Manna nt‘orun wa fun won
Won nlo lati 'pa de ‘pa
Titi won fi yo si o
Won si wole l‘ese re
T‘o mu won la ewu ja
4. Baba, je ki njere be
S‘amona mi l‘aiye yi
F‘ore-ofe pa mi mo
Fun mi l‘aye l‘odo re
Iwo l‘orun, at‘asa
To okan isina mi
Iwo l‘orisun ore
Ro ojo re s‘ori mi.
1. Pleasant are thy courts above
In the land of light and love
Pleasant are thy courts below
In this land of sin and woe
O my spirit longs and faints
For the converse of thy saints
For the brightness of thy face
For thy fullness, God of grace!
2. Happy birds that sing and fly
Round thy altars, o most High
Happier souls that find a rest
In a heavenly Father's breast
Like a wandering dove that found
No repose on earth around
They can to their ark return
And enjoy it ever there
3. Happy souls their praises flow
In this vale of sin and owe
Waters in the desert rise
Manna feeds them from the skies
On they go from strength to strength
Till they reach thy throne at length
At thy feet adoring fall
Who hast led them safe through all
4. Lord be mine this prize to win
Guide me through a world of sin
Keep me by thy saving grace
Give me at thy side a place
Sun and shield alike thou art
Guide and guard my erring heart
Grace and glory flow from thee
Shower, o shower them, Lord on me!
Amen
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