Tenho Lido da Bela Cidade
Tenho lido da bela cidade,
Construída por Cristo nos céus,
É murada de jaspe luzente
É juncada com áureos troféus
E no meio da praça eis o rio
Do vigor e da vida eternal
Mas metade da glória celeste
Jamais se contou ao mortal
Jamais se contou ao mortal
Metade da glória celeste
Jamais se contou ao mortal
Tenho lido das belas moradas
Que Jesus foi no céu preparar
Onde os crentes fiéis, para sempre
Mui felizes irão habitar.
Nem tristeza, nem dor, nem gemidos,
Entrarão na mansão paternal
Mas metade do gozo celeste
Jamais se contou ao mortal
Jamais se contou ao mortal
Metade da glória celeste
Jamais se contou ao mortal.
Tenho lido das vestes brilhantes
Das coroas que os santos terão
Quando o Pai os chamar e disser-lhes:
"Recebei o eternal galardão".
Tenho lido que os santos na glória
Pisarão ruas de ouro e cristal
Mas metade da glória celeste
Jamais se contou ao mortal
Jamais se contou ao mortal
Metade da glória celeste
Jamais se contou ao mortal.
I have read Bela Cidade
I have read of the beautiful city,
Built by Christ in the heavens,
It is walled with shining jasper
It is strewn with golden trophies
And in the middle of the square there is the river
Of vigor and eternal life
But half the heavenly glory
The mortal was never told
The mortal was never told
Half the heavenly glory
The mortal was never told
I have read of the beautiful addresses
That Jesus went to heaven to prepare
Where faithful believers, forever
Very happy they will live there.
Neither sadness, nor pain, nor groans,
They will enter the paternal mansion
But half the heavenly joy
The mortal was never told
The mortal was never told
Half the heavenly glory
The mortal was never told.
I have read of the shining garments
Of the crowns that the saints will have
When the Father calls them and says to them:
"Receive the eternal reward."
I have read that the saints in glory
They will tread streets of gold and crystal
But half the heavenly glory
The mortal was never told
The mortal was never told
Half the heavenly glory
The mortal was never told.