"Spirit Voices" Concert Nov 3, 2024: All Lyrics
Musikalische Exequien
| Nacket bin ich von Mutterliebe kommen | Naked I came from my mother's womb |
| Nacket werde ich wiederum dahinfahren | Naked I shall return again there |
| Der Herr hat's gegeben | The lord hath given |
| Der Herr hat's genommen | and the Lord hath taken away |
| der Name des Herren sei gelobet. | Blessed be the name of the Lord. |
| Herr Gott, Vater im Himmel | Lord God Father in heaven |
| erbarm dich ūber uns. | Have mercy on us |
| Christus ist mein Leben | To me to live is Christ |
| Sterben ist mein Gewinn | and to die is to gain |
| Siehe das ist Gottes Lamm, | Behold the lamb of God, |
| das der Welst Sūnde trägt | which taketh away the sin of the world |
| Jesu Christe, Gottes Sohn, erbarm dich ūber uns | Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on us |
| Leben wir, so leben wir dem Herren | Whether we live, we live unto the Lord |
| Sterben wir, so sterben wird dem Herren | and whether we die, we die unto the lord |
| Darum wir lebel oder sterben, | therefore whether we live or die |
| so sind wird des Herren | we are the Lord'd |
| Herr Gott Heiliger Geist | Lord God, Holy Ghost |
| erbarm dich ūber uns | Have mercy on us |
The Veil Opens
Whenever there is birth or death
The sacred veil between the worlds grows thin and opens slightly up
Just long enough for love to slip
silent, either in or out of this,
our fragile, fleeting world
Whence or whither a new home waits
And our beloved ones draw near
In rapt anticipation or in weary gratitude they stand
Our loved ones stand so close, right here
Just on the other side
Of eternity
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
Dark Night of the Soul
One dark night
fired with love's urgent longings
-ah the sheer grace!
I went out unseen
My house being now all stilled
In darkness and secure
by the secret ladder disguides
- ah the sheer grace!
in darkness and concealment
my house being now all stilled.
On that glad night
in secrete, for no one saw me
nor did I look at anything
with no other light or guide
than the one that burned in my heart.
Spirit Voices
We sailed up a river wide as a sea
And slept on the banks, on the leaves of a banyan tree
And all of these spirit voices rule the night.
Some stories are magical, meant to be sung
Songs from the mouth of the river
when the world was young
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
By moon
We walk
To the brujo's door
along a path of river stones
Women with their nursing children seated on the floor
We join the fevers and the broken bones
The candlelight flickers
The falcon calls
A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall
And all of these spirit voices....
Sing rainwater, seawater, river water holy water
Wrap this child in mercy, heal her
Heaven's only daughter
All of these spirit voices rule the night
My hands were numb
My feet were lead
I drank a cup of herbal brew
Then the sweetness in the air combined with the lightness in my head
And I heard the jungle breathing the bamboo
| Saudocões | Greetings! |
| Da licenca um momento | Excuse me, one moment |
| Te lembró | I remind you |
| Que amanhã | That tomorrow |
| Será tudo ou será naoa | It will be all or it will be nothing |
| Depende coração | It depends, heart |
| Será breve out será grande | It will be brief or it will be great |
| Depende da paixão | It depends on the passions |
| Será sujo, será sonho | It will be dirty, it will be a dream |
| Cuidado, coração | Be careful, heart |
| Será util, será tarde | It will be useful, it will be late |
| Se esmera, coração | Do your best, heart |
| E confia | and have trust |
| Na força do amanhã | In the power of tomorrow |
Lord of the earthquake
My trembling bed
The spider resumes the rhythm of his golden thread
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
On Earth as it is in Heaven
| Vita nostra | Our life |
| Sic clamant | Thus they cry |
| Vita nostra, tellus nostra clamant | Our life, our earth, they cry |
| Poena nostra, vires nostra | Our punishment, our men |
| Ira nostra, fides nostra | Our anger, our faith |
| Vita nostra, tellus nostra | Our life, our earth |
| Gloria | Gloria |