The Voice of My Beloved

Music by Doug Howell, lyrics by Hannah Hurnard (based on The Song of Solomon)

the voice of my beloved
through all my heart it thrills
he leaps upon the mountains
and skips upon the hills
for like a roe or young hart
so swift and strong is he
he looketh through my window
and beckoneth to me

rise up, my love, my fair one
and come away with me
gone are the snows of winter
the rains no more we see
the flowers are appearing
and all the birds now sing
the turtledove is calling
through all the land tis spring

the shoots are on the grapevines
the figs are on the tree
arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away with me
why is my dove still hiding
when all things else rejoice?
oh, let me see thee, fair one
oh, let me hear thy voice

℗ © 1983 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. and Eden Records, assigned to Creative Measures. The title Hinds’ Feet On High Places, the American edition of the book, and jacket front cover logo © 1977 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Album cover art courtesy of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.