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Text: | All Creatures of Our God and King |
Author: | Francis of Assisi |
Tune: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O brother sun with golden beam,
O sister moon with silver gleam,
sing praises! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 O brother wind with clouds and rain,
you nurture gifts of fruit and grain.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O sister water, flowing clear,
make music for your Lord to hear.
Sing praises! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 O brother fire, so warm and bright,
chase off the shadows of the night.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Dear mother earth, who day by day
unfolds such blessings on our way,
sing praises! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 All who for love of God forgive,
all who in pain or sorrow grieve,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Christ bears your burdens and your fears;
so, even in the midst of tears,
sing praises! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
5 And you, most gentle sister death,
waiting to hush our final breath:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Since Christ our light has pierced your gloom,
fair is the night that leads us home.
Sing praises! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
6 O sisters, brothers, take your part,
and worship God with humble heart.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
All creatures, bless the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, Three in One!
Sing praises! Alleluia!
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First Line: | All creatures of our God and King |
Title: | All Creatures of Our God and King |
Author: | Francis of Assisi (1225) |
Meter: | LM with alleluias |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Adoration; Care of Creation; Creation(4 more...) |
Source: | Trans. composite |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906) |
Meter: | LM with alleluias |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623, alt. |
Copyright: | Music from the English Hymnal, 1906 |
Notes: | (this tune in a higher key, 327) |
Sometimes called “The Canticle of the Sun,” this cosmic roll call allows human beings to give voice to all creation. One of the earliest religious poems in the Italian language, it is made even more expansive by this broad, repetitive melody with interspersed “Alleluias.”
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |