Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Pilgrim by Enya


 
Pilgrim, how you journey
On the road you chose
To find out why the winds die
And where the stories go
All days come from one day
That much you must know
You cannot change what's over

But only where you go
One way leads to diamonds
One way leads to gold
Another leads you only
To everything you're told
In your heart you wonder
Which of these is true;

The road that leads to nowhere
The road that leads to you
Will you find the answer
In all you say and do?
Will you find the answer
In you?

Each heart is a pilgrim
Each one wants to know
The reason why the winds die
And where the stories go
Pilgrim, in your journey
You may travel far

For pilgrim it's a long way
To find out who you are
Pilgrim, it's a long way
To find out who you are
Pilgrim, it's a long way
To find out who you are



Monday, 14 May 2018

Be Still, My Soul

1. Be still, my soul; the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul; thy best, thy heavenly, Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

2. Be still, my soul; thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence, let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul; the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.

3. Be still, my soul, though dearest friends depart
And all is darkened in the vale of tears;
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrows and thy fears.
Be still, my soul; thy Jesus can repay
From His own fulness all He takes away.

4. Be still, my soul; the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul; when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.


Hymn #651
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Psalm 46:10

Sunday, 12 February 2017

Faure - In Paradisum

VII. IN PARADISUM
In Paradisum deducant AngeliInto paradise may angels draw them,
in tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyreson your arrival, may the martyrs receive you 
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalemand lead you into the holy city Jerusalem.
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiatMay the chorus of angels receive you,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupereand with Lazarus, once a beggar,
aeternam habeas requiemmay you have eternal rest.

Monday, 6 February 2017

Edith Piaf

Edith Piaf

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien I Regret Nothing 

Non! Rien de rien ...
Non! Je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait ni le mal
Tout ça m'est bien égal!

Non! Rien de rien ...
Non! Je ne regrette rien...
C'est payé, balayé, oublié
Je me fous du passé!

Avec mes souvenirs
J'ai allumé le feu
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs
Je n'ai plus besoin d'eux!

Balayés les amours
Avec leurs trémolos
Balayés pour toujours
Je repars à zéro ...

Non! Rien de rien ...
Non! Je ne regrette rien ...
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait ni le mal
Tout ça m'est bien égal!

Non! Rien de rien ...
Non! Je ne regrette rien ...
Car ma vie, car mes joies
Aujourd'hui ça commence avec toi! 


No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing
Neither the good that I've done nor the bad
All this is much the same to me!

No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing...
It is paid, swept away, forgotten
I don't care about the past!

With my souvenirs
I lit a fire
My sorrows, my pleasures
I need them no more!

Swept away the love affairs
With their tremors
Swept away forever
I leave with nothing ...

No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing
Neither the good that I've done nor the bad
All this is much the same to me!

No! Absolutely nothing...
No! I regret nothing...
Because my life, because my joys

Today that begins with you!

Sunday, 5 February 2017

Quanta Qualia





One of my favourite piece of music - and by an amazing modern composer Patrick Hawes and sung by Hayley Westenra.

"Quanta Qualia"

Anima mea (my soul)
Mane! (Wait!)
Quanta Qualia (how great and how wonderful)
Conventus gaudia (the joys of the meeting)
Erunt. (will be)