Flower of wisdom, 2013

Flower of Wisdom. For SATB choir (a cappella). [Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays]. Publisher’s No. AP-10342. Lyrics based on Siracusa 1. Translated by Benedict Neal Lundgren. Choral, a cappella I stand in holy fear before the Glory Band, enraptured by the lyric strand now weaving a coat that I would wear, a song that I would bear; but flow’r of wisdom play, O wondrous awe! A shore whose sands reveal the bed of a time-worn sea; a rain estranged, eternal spring still sounding is a desert I have rendered, a sea that I have entered. But flow’r of wisdom, play, O wondrous awe! “Exalt not yourself lest you fall.” Lay your killing canticle down, prance not across the hallowed hall. Lest you darken the light, throw a shadow on your crown. So lead me, servant king, through fire paths to your home; I see the beacons kindling in the distance like stars that never cease, blossoms bearing peace; O flow’r of wisdom, play, O wondrous, wondrous awe! Based on Sirach 1, tr. by Benedict Neal Lundgren SATB, a cappella 2013 Alliance Publications, Inc. Sinsinawa, WI 2:05 59 Bible. Ecclesiasticus.