Softly Now the Light of Day
Author: George W. Doane
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
Languages (46)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Afrikaans: Saggies Daal die Daelig
- Albanian: Drita e Ditës Tani
- Bulgarian: Меко се стопи денят
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Chinese (Simplified): 暮色苍茫
- Chinese (Traditional): 暮色蒼茫
- Croatian: Nježno svjetlo dana
- Czech: Zvolna světla ubývá
- Danish: Stille dagens lys
- Dutch: ’t Licht des daags, dat pas m’omscheen
- English: Softly Now the Light of Day
- English Braille: ⠠⠎⠷⠞⠇⠽ ⠠⠝⠪ ⠮ ⠠⠇⠊⠣⠞ ⠷ ⠠⠙⠁⠽
- Estonian: Vaikselt hääbub päevakiir
- Fijian: Seavu Mai Na Rarama
- Finnish: Hämärtyy jo päivä maan
- French: Doucement, devant mes yeux
- French (French Polynesia): Roa Mai ra te Ata
- French (Haiti): La clarté du jour s’enfuit
- German: Leise weicht des Tages Licht
- Greek: Το φως φεύγει απαλά
- Hmong: Kev Tshav Ntuj Zuj Zus Mus
- Hungarian: Közeleg immár az éj
- Indonesian: Hari Sudahlah Lalu
- Italian: Dolcemente cala il sol
- Japanese: 陽は暮れゆきて
- Japanese (Hiragana): 陽は暮れゆきて
- Japanese (Kanji): 陽は暮れゆきて
- Khmer (Cambodian): ថ្ងៃលិចបាត់ទៅអស់រស្មី
- Korean: 낮의 빛이 말없이
- Latvian: Lēni satumst debess jums
- Lithuanian: Gęsta pamažu diena
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Mùsè cāngmáng
- Norwegian: Dagen svinner
- Polish: Noc okrywa światło dnia
- Portuguese: Suavemente a Noite Cai
- Romanian: Lumina zilei începe să dispară
- Russian: Гаснет тихо свет дневной
- Samoan: Ua Mavae Nei le Ao
- Spanish: El ocaso viene ya
- Spanish Braille: ⠠⠑⠇ ⠕⠉⠁⠎⠕ ⠧⠊⠢⠑ ⠽⠁
- Swedish: Sakta slocknar dagens ljus
- Tagalog: Ang Araw ay Lumalamlam
- Tahitian: Roa Mai ra te Ata
- Thai: บัดนี้แสงแห่งวันเลือนลาง
- Tongan: Mokomoko ʻo e ʻAhó
- Ukrainian: Тихо вечір настає
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1916 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Latter-Day Saint Anthems, Volume 1 (1916), 3.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
Softly now the light of day Fades upon my sight away. Free from care, from labor free, Lord, I would commune with thee.
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