Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Starkey Hearing Foundation event today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9voeeuhWQpU

This song was used in their video. I'm going to translate the beautiful lyrics :)
Bendita Tu Luz lyrics (Your Blessed Light)

Bendito el lugar, y el motivo de estar ahí,
Bendita la coincidencia,
Bendito el reloj, que nos puso puntual ahí,
Bendita sea tu, presencia.

Bendito Dios por encontrarnos, en el camino,
Y de quitarme esta soledad, de mi destino.
Bendita la luz, bendita la luz de tu mirada,
Bendita la luz, bendita la luz de tu mirada,
Desde el alma.

Bendito ojos, que me esquivaban,
Simulaban desde que me ignoraban,
Y de repente, sostienes la mirada.

Bendita Dios por encontrarnos, en el camino,
Y de quitarme esta soledad, de mi destino.

Bendita la luz, bendita la luz de tu mirada,
Bendita la luz, bendita la luz de tu mirada, oh.

Gloria divina, diste suerte de buen (des)tino,
Y de encontrarte justo ahí, en medio del camino,
Gloria al cielo de encontrarte ahora,
Llevarte mi soledad, y coincidir en mi destino,
En el mismo destino.

Bendita la luz, bendita la luz de tu mirada,
Bendita la luz, bendita la luz de tu mirada,
Bendita mirada,
Bendita mirada desde el alma, tu mirada,
Bendita, bendita, bendita mirada,
Bendita tu alma y bendita tu luz.

Tu mirada, oh, oh, oh,
Digo es tan bendita tu luz, amor, amor,
Bendito el reloj y bendito el lugar,
Benditos tus besos cerquita del mar,
Y tu mirada, amor, amor,
Que bendita tú mirada, tu mirada amor.

Blessed Place and the reason for being there
Blessed coincidence
Blessed clock, that put us exactly there
Bless you, your presence

Bless God for finding us on this road
and for taking this solitude from me, from my destiny
Blessed light, blessed light of your gaze
Blessed light, blessed light of your gaze
from the soul
Blessed eyes that avoided me
That pretended to hide from me
and suddenly held your gaze
Bless God for finding us on this road
and for taking this solitude from me, from my destiny
Blessed light blessed light of your gaze
Blessed light blessed light of your gaze, oh

Divine Glory you gave me the luck of good destiny
and to find you right there in the middle of the path
Glory from Heaven finding you now
Take away my solitude
Join my destiny
in the same destiny
Blessed light blessed light of your gaze
Blessed light blessed light of your gaze,
Blessed gaze from the soul
Your gaze
Blessed Blessed Blessed gaze
Your Blessed soul your Blessed light
Your gaze oh oh oh
I say it is so blessed with your light, love, love
Blessed clock, blessed place
Your blessed kisses by the sea
and your gaze love love
What a blessed gaze, your gaze love

(It's not perfect, but it's better than the auto translations. Lyrics are always hard to translate because there is always something lost in the translation, either way it is a beautiful song that so reminds me of David...What a blessed light and what a blessed gaze he has :) )

Monday, February 1, 2010

Rocks at the Sea

Rocks at the Sea

I stand on the water’s edge
Throwing stones at God
This one for pain,
This one for sorrow
That one for shame
Exhausted I drop to my knees
And cry out Your name
How can I hate Your creation
And love You just the same
One stone for desire
One for loneliness, one for tears,
One stone for passion’s fire
One for hopelessness, one for fears
Hating You for letting me choose
A freedom that I would not be willing to lose.

Yet despite my insolence and pride
Even as I hurl rocks at You, You stand at my side
One hand on my back, one to dry my tears
All the while willing with one word to calm my fears
To make still the waters where ripples I have caused
Ready to give me rest, to whisper in my ear, if I should pause,
Words of love, peace, grace, truth, words to comfort me
You wait patiently until I’m done railing at the sea
You wrap Your arms around me and kiss my cheek
Then your wings carry me home for my anger made me weak
When I awaken to the dawn of Your smiling face
The sea fills my eyes as I wonder at Your endless grace
You sit there, smiling, a rock in Your hand for me
“My child, I always love you, let’s go throw rocks at the sea”