The rarest gem (Graham Patterson)

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• (Posted 2024-05-15)  CPDL #80661:       

Editor: Graham Patterson (submitted 2024-05-15).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 165 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: The Rarest Gem
Composer: Graham Patterson
Lyricist: Tsongkhapa^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Liturgical music

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: unpublished
Description: written in 2012 for Triratna Buddhist choirs, including non -readers.

Original text and translations

English text

The human body at peace with itself,
Is more precious than the rarest gem.
Cherish this body, it is yours this one time only.
The human form is won with difficulty, it is easy to lose.

Om muni muni mahāmuni Shākyamuni svāhā
[mantra: "O Sage, O Sage, O Great Sage, O Shākyan Sage, All hail!"]

All worldly things are brief, like lightning in the sky.

This life you must know as the tiny splash of a raindrop;
A thing of beauty that disappears even as it comes into being.

Therefore set your goal, make use of every day and night to achieve it.