Lutheran Hymn Blogger ([personal profile] lutheranhymns) wrote2020-06-16 11:23 pm

#571: O Trinity, O Blessed Light

This is another case of translation by committee. I point this out not because the rhymes or the gender-neutral language are particularly bad, but because they're very committed to pointing out when they're changing the pronunciation to make it fit the meter by sacrificing a letter, even if it was obvious: "sov'reign," "fi'ry." Like, if you want to sing those as two syllables, just go ahead, we'll figure it out.