I look from afar (David Drexler)
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- Editor: David Drexler (submitted 2005-12-12). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 189 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Free for religious use. Contact composer for other uses.
General Information
Title: I Look From Afar
Composer: David Drexler
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthems
Language: English
Instruments: SATB chorus with soloists
Published: 2001
Description: The text for I Look From Afar is a translation of Aspiciens a longe, the Matins responsory for the first Sunday of Advent. The music is arranged and adapted from the corresponding Sarum chant.
External websites: http://www.drexlermusic.com/music/ilookfromafar.php
Original text and translations
English text
I look from afar:
and lo, I see the pow’r of God coming,
and a cloud cov’ring the whole earth.
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Tell us, art thou he that should come
to rule over thy people Israel?
High and low, rich and poor, one with another.
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Tell us, art thou he that should come
to rule o’er thy people Israel?
O come.
Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel,
thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.
Tell us, art thou he that should come?
Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come.
Come to reign o’er thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and lo, I see the pow’r of God coming,
and to the Holy Ghost.
and a cloud covering the whole earth.
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Tell us, art thou he that should come
to reign o’er they people Israel?