Today, While the Sun Shines
Author: Luella Clark
Composer: Evan Stephens
Languages (47)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Sot, Kur Ndrin Dielli
- Armenian (West): ԱՑՍՕՐ ԵՐԲՈՐ ԼՈՅՍ ԿԱՅ
- Bulgarian: Сега слънце свети
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Cebuano: Karon, Nga Hayag Pa
- Croatian: Dok sunce još sjaji
- Czech: Už dnes
- Danish: I dag skinner solen
- Dutch: Het nu, wijl de zon schijnt
- English: Today, While the Sun Shines
- English Braille: ⠠⠞⠕⠙⠁⠽⠂ ⠠⠱⠊⠇⠑ ⠮ ⠠⠎⠥⠝ ⠠⠩⠔⠑⠎
- Estonian: Kui paistab veel päike
- Fijian: Edai Ni Se Siga
- Finnish: Käy innoin sä työhön
- French: Ia Vai te Mahana a Rohi â
- French (French Polynesia): Ia Vai te Mahana a Rohi â
- German: Noch heut, wenn die Sonne strahlet
- Greek: Σήμερα, όσο ο ήλιος λάμπει
- Hawaiian: E Hana Oi Kau Ka La
- Hmong: Hnub No, Thaum Tseem Tshav Ntuj
- Indonesian: Kini, saat Mentari Berseri
- Italian: In ciel splende il sole
- Japanese: 日の照る間に働け
- Japanese (Hiragana): 日の照る間に働け
- Japanese (Kanji): 日の照る間に働け
- Kekchi: Naq toj anajwan
- Khmer (Cambodian): ថ្ងៃនេះកាលសុរិយារះ
- Korean: 아직 대낮 동안 힘써 일하라
- Latvian: Jel steigsimies strādāt!
- Lithuanian: Nūnai, saulei šviečiant
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Dàhǎo sháoguāng
- Mandarin (Simplified): 大好韶光
- Mandarin (Traditional): 大好韶光
- Norwegian: I dag skinner solen
- Polish: Nim noc ciemna przyjdzie
- Portuguese: Enquanto o Sol Brilha
- Romanian: Astăzi, când strălucește soarele
- Russian: Сегодня при свете солнца трудись
- Samoan: Le Asō A‘o Āo
- Spanish: Trabajad con fervor
- Spanish Braille: ⠠⠞⠗⠁⠃⠁⠚⠁⠙ ⠉⠕⠝ ⠋⠻⠧⠕⠗
- Swedish: I dag gör ditt verk förr’n solen går ned
- Tagalog: Ngayon ay Kumilos
- Tahitian: Ia Vai te Mahana a Rohi â
- Thai: วันนี้เมื่อตะวันส่อง
- Tongan: Ko e ʻAho ke Ngāue he ʻOfa
- Ukrainian: Сьогодні готуйсь до наступного дня
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1877 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: The Juvenile Instructor (1866–1929), Sep 1877.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Today, while the sun shines, work with a will; Today all your duties with patience fulfill. Today, while the birds sing, harbor no care; Call life a good gift; call the world fair.
Today, today, work with a will; Today, today, your duties fulfill. Today, today, work while you may; Prepare for tomorrow by working today.
2. Today seek the treasure better than gold, The peace and the joy that are found in the fold. Today seek the gems that shine in the heart; While here we labor, choose the better part.
Today, today, work with a will; Today, today, your duties fulfill. Today, today, work while you may; Prepare for tomorrow by working today.
3. Today seek for goodness, virtue, and truth, As crown of your life and the grace of your youth. Today, while the heart beats, live to be true, Constant and faithful all the way through.
Today, today, work with a will; Today, today, your duties fulfill. Today, today, work while you may; Prepare for tomorrow by working today.
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