“Morning has broken….
From the first of June, 2018, I started writing Good Morning messages in the form of poems (Please read: ‘Good Morning Message #1‘).
The last such message was:’Good Morning Message #204‘.
Good Morning Friends,
From 4th Jan 19 I started doing something different. In addition to my own inspirational poems everyday, I started giving you, on every Friday, a song or poem that has inspired me. Today is the third one and it is a hymn in English called ‘Morning Has Broken’.
‘Morning Has Broken’, a popular Christian hymn, was first published in 1931. Its lyrics are by the English author Eleanor Farjeon. Its original Scottish Gaelic tune Bubessan was the same as that of the 19th century Christmas Carol ‘Child In The Manger’.
I listened to it for the first time when Cat Stevens sang it in 1971 and it took my fancy.
Lets first go through my own poem about God’s Creation:
Imagine the first life on earth,
The first cry of a child, of mirth,
The first star,
No matter how far,
And the first time an idea took birth.
One is filled with wonder and awe,
At what the first man ever saw;
“Thank you, God”,
” I can’t help applaud”,
” Your world is without a single flaw.”
After eons it is still as inviting,
Every moment is still new and exciting;
Every new day,
Has something to say,
And not just colours, hues and lighting.
The winds lovingly caress your face,
Soon of the darkness there is no trace,
Like the first man,
Every one of us can,
Get a glimpse of God’s loving grace.
…. like the first morning.”
And now please read and listen to Cat Stevens sing: ‘Morning Has Broken’:
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 world
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dew
Fall 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 ev’ry 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 world
