5 Responses to “Music & Meditation 12 : Burns Night”

1. Hans Jürgensmeyer says:

   01/02/2010 at 00:37

   Text for “Laudate Dominum”

   ~~ Original Latin Text ~~

   Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
   Laudate eum, omnes populi
   Quoniam confirmata est
   Super nos misericordia eius,
   Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum.

   Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
   Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper.
   Et in saecula saeculorum.
   Amen.

   ~~ English Translation ~~

   Praise the Lord, all nations;
   Praise Him, all people.
   For He has bestowed
   His mercy upon us,
   And the truth of the Lord endures forever.

   Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
   as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever,
   and for generations of generations.
   Amen.
2. Hans Jürgensmeyer says:

   01/02/2010 at 00:43

   Text for “Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder“

   ~~ Original German Text ~~

   Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder
   Fest in deinem Glauben ein!
   Lasse dies Wunder, die göttlichen Werke,
   Immer zur Stärke
   Deines schwachen Glaubens sein!

   ~~ English Translation ~~

   Enclose, my heart, this blessed miracle
   Firmly within your faith!
   Let this miracle, these divine deeds
   Ever serve to strengthen
   Your weak faith!
3. Hans Jürgensmeyer says:

   01/02/2010 at 00:45

   Text for “Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben“

   ~~ Original German Text ~~

   Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben,
   mein Heiland, gib mir Kraft und Mut,
   daß es mein Herz recht eifrig tut!
   Stärke mich,
   deine Gnade würdiglich
   und mit Danken zu erheben!

   ~~ English Translation ~~

   I will live only to Thine honor,
   my Savior. Give me strength and courage,
   that my heart may zealously do this!
   Strengthen me,
   that I may worthily
   and with gratitude extol Thee.
4. Hans Jürgensmeyer says:

   01/02/2010 at 00:50

   Text for “Scots, Wha Hae“

   ~~ Original Scot Text ~~

   Scots, wha hæ wi’ Wallace bled,
   Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
   Welcome tæ yer gory bed,
   Or tæ Victorie!

   Now’s the day, and now’s the hour:
   See the front o’ battle lour,
   See approach proud Edward’s power -
   Chains and Slaverie!

   Wha will be a traitor knave?
   Wha will fill a coward’s grave?
   Wha sæ base as be a slave?
   Let him turn and flee!

   Wha, for Scotland’s king and law,
   Freedom’s sword will strongly draw,
   Freeman stand, or Freeman fa’,
   Let him follow me!

   By oppression’s woes and pains!
   By your sons in servile chains!
   We will drain our dearest veins,
   But they shall be free!

   Lay the proud usurpers low!
   Tyrants fall in every foe!
   Liberty’s in every blow! -
   Let us do or dee!

   Scots, wha hæ wi’ Wallace bled,
   Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
   Welcome tæ yer gory bed,
   Or tæ Victorie!

   ~~ English Translation ~~

   Scots, who have with Wallace bled,
   Scots, whom Bruce has often led,
   Welcome to your gory bed
   Or to victory!

   Now is the day, and now is the hour:
   See the front of battle threaten,
   See approach proud Edward’s power -
   Chains and slavery!

   Who will be a traitor knave?
   Who will fill a coward’s grave?
   Who’s so base as be a slave? -
   Let him turn, and flee!

   Who for Scotland’s King and Law
   Freedom’s sword will strongly draw,
   Freeman stand or freeman fall,
   Let him follow me!

   By oppression’s woes and pains,
   By your sons in servile chains,
   We will drain our dearest veins
   But they shall be free!

   Lay the proud usurpers low!
   Tyrants fall in every foe!
   Liberty is in every blow!
   Let us do or die!

   Scots, who have with Wallace bled,
   Scots, whom Bruce has often led,
   Welcome to your gory bed
   Or to victory!
5. Hans Jürgensmeyer says:

   01/02/2010 at 00:52

   Text for “Caledonia“

   I don’t know if you can see
   The changes that have come over me
   In these last few days I’ve been afraid
   That I might drift away
   So I’ve been telling old stories, singing songs
   That make me think about where I came from
   And that’s the reason why I seem
   So far away today

   Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
   That I think about you all the time
   Caledonia you’re calling me
   And now I’m going home
   If I should become a stranger
   You know that it would make me more than sad
   Caledonia’s been everything
   I’ve ever had

   Now I have moved and I’ve kept on moving
   Proved the points that I needed proving
   Lost the friends that I needed losing
   Found others on the way
   I have kissed the ladies and left them crying
   Stolen dreams, yes there’s no denying
   I have traveled hard with coattails flying
   Somewhere in the wind

   Now I’m sitting here before the fire
   The empty room, the forest choir
   The flames that could not get any higher
   They’ve withered now they’ve gone
   But I’m steady thinking my way is clear
   And I know what I will do tomorrow
   When the hands are shaken and the kisses flow
   Then I will disappear