O Pastor e As Ovelhas
Ama o Pastor as ovelhas
Com um amor paternal
Ama o Pastor seu rebanho
Com um amor sem igual
Ama o Pastor inda outras
Que desgarradas estão
E comovido as procura
Por onde quer que elas vão
Pelos desertos errantes
Veem-se a sofrer penas mil
Ele ao achá-las, nos ombros
Leva-as ditoso, ao redil
Ama o Pastor seus cordeiros
Com inefável amor
Aos que, às vezes, perdidos
Gemendo se ouvem de dor
Vede o Pastor comovido
Pelas colinas vagar
E os cordeiros nos ombros
Vede-O, levando ao lugar
Ama as noventa e nove
Que no redil abrigou
Ama a que, desgarrada
No campo se desviou
Ó minha ovelha perdida!
Clama o dolente Pastor
Quem irá em sua ajuda
Para salvá-la, Senhor?
São delicados teus pastos
Mui quietas tuas águas são
Eis-nos aqui ó bom Mestre
Dá-nos veraz direção
Faz-nos obreiros zelosos
Enche-nos de santo amor
Pelas ovelhas perdidas
Do Teu redil, bom Senhor
The Shepherd and the Sheep
The Shepherd loves the sheep
With a paternal love
The Shepherd loves his flock
With an unparalleled love
The Shepherd loves even others
Who are astray
And moved, he seeks them
Wherever they may go
Through the wandering deserts
They are seen suffering a thousand pains
He, upon finding them, on his shoulders
Happily leads them to the fold
The Shepherd loves his lambs
With ineffable love
To those who, sometimes, lost
Moaning in pain are heard
See the Shepherd moved
Wandering through the hills
And the lambs on his shoulders
See Him, leading them to safety
He loves the ninety-nine
That he sheltered in the fold
He loves the one, astray
That strayed in the field
O my lost sheep!
The sorrowful Shepherd cries
Who will come to her aid
To save her, Lord?
Your pastures are delicate
Your waters are very calm
Here we are, oh good Master
Give us true direction
Make us zealous workers
Fill us with holy love
For the lost sheep
Of Your fold, good Lord