Another poem from the Deseret 2nd Primer (Lesson 20). Probably some of you will recognize it as similar to a hymn from the current L.D.S. Children's Hymnbook. Remember, this is in the original Deseret dialect. Latin script follows:
๐ข๐ฏ๐
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐ฎ -- ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐โ๐ ๐
๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ด๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ท๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฉ๐
๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ป๐ญ ๐
๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐
๐ฉ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ผ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐.
๐โ๐ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ป ๐๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐
๐ป๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐
๐ป ๐บ๐จ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ๐๐
๐๐ฐ๐ป ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐.
๐ฃ๐ด ๐น๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐๐ป๐
๐ผ๐จ๐, ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ผ, ๐น๐๐จ๐๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ฐ๐ป ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ด ๐ท๐ญ๐,
๐๐ฐ๐ป ๐๐ด ๐ท๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ป ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐
๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐
๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ป๐๐ญ๐,
๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ด๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ผ
๐ธ๐ญ ๐๐ต ๐บ๐จ๐ธ๐ฌ๐๐ผ ๐๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐
.
๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ท๐ญโ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ผ
๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐
.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ ๐ท๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ป๐ฎ ๐
๐ถ๐จ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐
๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐๐ผ ๐๐ด ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ผ,
๐โ๐ ๐
๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐
๐ฉ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ผ ๐๐๐ด๐
๐ ๐พ๐ฏ๐๐
๐๐ฐ๐ป ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ผ.
๐ข๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ด ๐น๐๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐จ๐
๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ด ๐
๐ฉ๐๐ป๐
๐บ๐จ๐๐ฌ,
๐๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐จ๐
๐ถ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ป๐ญ.
Iโll serve the Lord while I am young
and in my early days
Devote the music of my tongue
to sing his sacred praise.
Iโll praise His name that He has given
to me a home and birth
Among the most beloved of heaven
that dwell upon the earth.
My parents dear, O Lord, preserve
that they may guide my youth,
That my young feet may never swerve
from goodness and from truth,
And like the faithful ones of old
who now behold Thy face.
May I abide in virtueโs mold
and fill a holy place.
While youth and beauty sweetly twine
their garlands round my head,
Iโll seek at wisdomโs sacred shrine
the gems that never fade.
Long may I sing Thy praises here
among thy saints below,
And in the world above appear
with them in glory too.