¡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.

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.