1. If I speak a foreign tongue,
if I sing the angels’ song,
I am still a noisy gong
if I have not love.
2. If all learning I approve
and my faith can mountains move,
all these gifts still nothing prove
if I have not love.
3. If I give away all gain,
suffer martyrdom in pain,
nothing yet do I attain
if I have not love.
4. Love is patient, love is kind;
love rejects an evil mind.
Jealousy is left behind
if I have this love.
5. Love is endless in its reign,
though all tongues and knowledge wane.
Faith and hope and love remain;
greatest still is love.
IF I SPEAK A FOREIGN TONGUE
First Line:
If I speak a foreign tongue, if I sing the angels’ song,
Songbook: Trinity Psalter Hymnal 2018
Page Number: 499
Song Key: D
Language: English
Authors: I Corinthians 13; vers. Bert Polman, 1986
Tune Name: CAPETOWN
Themes: Love for Christ
Composer: Frederich Filitz, 1847
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