Musae Performs "Mary Speaks"
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Mary Speaks (Daniel E. Gawthrop b. 1949)
Performed by Musae
Text by Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2017)
O you who bear the pain of the whole earth, I bore you.
O you whose tears gave human tears their worth, I laughed with you.
You, who when your hem is touched,
give pow'r, I nourished you.
Who turn the day to night in this dark hour, light comes from you.
O you who hold the world in your embrace, I carried you.
Whose arms encircled the world with your grace, I once held you.
O you who laughed and ate and walked the shore, I played with you.
And I, who with all others, you died for, now I hold you.
May I be faithful to this final test, in this last
time I hold my child, my son;
His body close enfolded to my breast: the holder held, the bearer borne. Mourning to joy, darkness to morn.
Open, my arms; your work is done.
St Mark's Lutheran Church
San Francisco, CA
May 2018
Laney McClain Armstrong, Artistic Director
www.musae.org
Filmed by Nisha Anand
www.ncasfmedia.com
This piece is so hauntingly beautiful. Spectacular performance.