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Sunday 12 April 2020
Saturday 11 April 2020
Wa Habibi
وا حبيبي وا حبيبي أي حال أنت فيه
من رآك فشجاك أنت أنت المفتدي
يا حبيبي أي ذنب حمل العدل بنيه
فأزادوك جراحاً ليس فيها من شفاء
حين في البستان ليلاً سجد الفادي الإلة
كانت الدنيا تصلي للذي أغنى الصلاة
شجر الزيتون يبكي و تناديه الشفاء
يا حبيبي كيف تمضي أترى ضاع الوفاء
My beloved, my beloved
What state are you in?
He who sees you, for you would cry
You are the one and only sacrifice
My beloved,
What blame have the nations put upon you?
They melted you with wounds,
To which no healing would do
When in the dark orchard at night
The God Creater kneeled and prayed
Life was praying with the One
Who gave life hope and prayer
The olive trees are crying
As the lips of men quiver
My beloved how will you go?
Has loyalty gone forever?
My beloved, my beloved
What state are you in?
He who sees you, for you would cry
You are the one and only sacrifice
Friday 10 April 2020
VOCES8: 'Ne Irascaris Domine' & 'Civitas Sancti Tui' by William Byrd
Be not angry, O Lord,
and remember our iniquity no more.
Behold, we are all your people.
Your holy city has become a wilderness.
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem has been made desolate.
and remember our iniquity no more.
Behold, we are all your people.
Your holy city has become a wilderness.
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem has been made desolate.
"Vere languores" Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611)
Truly, our failings he has taken upon himself
and our sorrows he has borne
By his wounds we have been saved.
O sweet wood, O sweet nails that bore this sweet burden
which alone were worthy to support
the King of heaven and Lord.
and our sorrows he has borne
By his wounds we have been saved.
O sweet wood, O sweet nails that bore this sweet burden
which alone were worthy to support
the King of heaven and Lord.
Thursday 9 April 2020
33 Years
The age of Our Blessed Lord at the time of the betrayal by Judas Iscariot who was not a "good boy" and of whom the Lord said, "It would be better had he not been born," and whom has always been presumed to be in Hell.
The number of years which your writer has sung the Triduum.
Until this year. Surreal.
The number of years which your writer has sung the Triduum.
Until this year. Surreal.
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