sábado, 24 de diciembre de 2016

¡Feliz Navidad!

Queridos lectores del blog: en esta noche santa en la que nace el Salvador reciban ustedes una muy Feliz Navidad. Sean ustedes colmados con las bendiciones que el Niño Dios concede a los hombres de buena voluntad
Ha sido un año muy ajetreado y cada día se me hace más difícil tener tiempo y tranquilidad para escribir y traducir. Mi regularidad para publicar es cada día menor y sólo Dios sabe si el año, que próximamente comenzaremos, esto se podrá revertir.
Que Dios les bendiga y Feliz Navidad.

                                       

                                                                                                Bethlehem Down
                                                                                                                Música de Peter Warlock
"When He is King we will give Him a King's gifts,
Myrrh for its sweetness, and gold for a crown,
Beautiful robes", said the young girl to Joseph,
Fair with her first-born on Bethlehem Down.

Bethlehem Down is full of the starlight,
Winds for the spices, and stars for the gold,
Mary for sleep, and for lullaby music,
Songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold.

When He is King they will clothe Him in grave-sheets,
Myrrh for embalming, and wood for a crown,
He that lies now in the white arms of Mary,
Sleeping so lightly on Bethlehem Down

Here He has peace and a short while for dreaming,
Close-huddled oxen to keep him from cold,
Mary for love, and for lullaby music,
Songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem Down.



sábado, 17 de diciembre de 2016

Ultima semana de Adviento: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

                   


O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny ;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory o'er the grave.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Dayspring, from on high,
And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Key of David, come
And open wide our heav'nly home ;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Adonai, Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.