Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam

Author: Nellie Talbot
Composer: Edwin O. Excell

Languages (47)

This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:

• Albanian: Jezus’ më Do Rreze Dielli
• Bulgarian: Исус иска лъч слънчев да бъда
• Cebuano: Si Jesus Buot nga Ako Mahimong Bidlisiw
• Chinese (Simplified): 基督要我做太阳光
• Chinese (Traditional): 基督要我做太陽光
• Croatian: Baš kao sunčeva zraka
• Czech: Ježíš by chtěl, abych zářil
• Danish: Et solskinsbarn
• Dutch: Wees steeds een zonnestraaltje
• English: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
• Estonian: Jeesuse jaoks olen päiksekiir
• Fijian: Meu Rarama i Jisu
• Finnish: Auringonsäteeksi Jeesus loi minut
• French: Brillant pour lui
• German: Ein Sonnenstrahl Jesu
• Greek: Να είμαι ηλιαχτίδα θέλει ο Ιησούς
• Hawaiian: Na Keiki Liilii
• Hungarian: Jézusért napsugár lennék!
• Icelandic: Sólskinsbarn
• Indonesian: Yesus Ingin Kubercah’ya
• Italian: Come un raggio di sole
• Japanese: 光となるように
• Japanese (Hiragana): 光となるように
• Japanese (Kanji): 光となるように
• Kekchi: Kristo taaraj naq tinlemtzʼunq
• Khmer (Cambodian): ព្រះ​យេស៊ូវ​ចង់​ឲ្យ​ខ្ញុំ​ធ្វើ​ជា​ពន្លឺ
• Korean: 나더러 세상 빛 되라
• Latvian: Saulstariņš
• Lithuanian: Jėzus nori, kad būčiau Jo spindulys
• Malagasy: Tian’i Jesoa mba hazava aho
• Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Jīdū yào wǒ zuò tàiyángguāng
• Maori: Tiaho, Tiaho
• Mongolian: Есүс намайг нарны туяа шиг байгаасай гэдэг
• Norwegian: Gud vil jeg skal være et solskinnsbarn
• Polish: Jezus chce, bym był promykiem
• Portuguese: Brilhando, Brilhando
• Quichua (Ecuador): Cristoka Punchalla Kachun Munawan
• Romanian: Isus vrea să u ca o rază de soare
• Russian: Солнечный лучик
• Samoan: E Manao Iesu Ia Ou Fai ma Sulu
• Spanish: Cristo me manda que brille
• Swedish: Jag vill en solstråle vara
• Tagalog: Isang Sinag ng Araw
• Tahitian: Mōrī arata’i
• Thai: พระเยซูอยากให้ฉันเป็นลำเเสง
• Tongan: Fiemaʻu Au ʻe Sīsū Ke u Ulo Hangē ko ha Hueló
• Ukrainian: Як промінь сонячний
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Most common tunes for “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam”

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Appearances of “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam” over time

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Copyright status of original text

This text was first published in English, in 1909 or earlier.

Public domain

Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Deseret Sunday School Songs (1909), 211.

Representative lyrics