Santa Maria, Strela do dia (CSM 100)

Santa María, estrella del día,
muéstranos la vía para Dios, y guíanos.

Porque haces ver a los errados
que se perdieron por sus pecados,
y les haces entender que son culpables;
pero que Tú los perdonas
de la osadía que les hacía
hacer locuras que no debieran.

Debes mostrarnos el camino
para ganar por todos modos
la luz sin par y verdadera
que sólo Tú puedes darnos;
porque a Ti Dios te lo concedería
y querría dárnosla por Ti, y nos la daría.

Tu juicio puede guiarnos,
más que en nada, al Paraíso
donde Dios tiene siempre gozo y sonrisa
para quien quiso creer en El;
y me placería, si a Ti te place,
que fuese mi alma en tu compañía.

* * * * * *

Mary, magnified be,
with Daystar beside thee;
show the way where bide we
true to God and thou our guide be.

For thou art light that lost souls driven
near perdition, e'er with sin ill striven,
know that they with guilt sore riven
stand; but throught thee are forgive
and from their pride free
where they ne'er idly
let passion denied be
bout did all sense defied see.


Thou canst reveal to us wyfaring
paths to tread in grace full sharing
to peerless Light, the trugh declaring,
that thou alone art graced in bearing;
for God would abide thee
and all provide He
but ne'er thee denied see
nor for thee grace e'er belied be.


Wel for us thy wisdom guiding
till in Paradies abiding
where God all joy and mirth providing
waits ever those in him confiding;
then would my joy descried be
shouldst thou but deign provide me
that rest on high beside thee
my soul where doth abide he


Performers: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (1980)
dir.: Thomas Binkley
Singer: Montserrat Figueras

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Cantigas de Santa María
• Alfonso X el Sabio

[oikosAaron]

@sasquash12 Apart from that, Jesus Christ calls himself the Morningstar (Rev 22:16): “I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morningstar.” He is the true "Lucifer," the harbinger of Light, not the one mentioned in Isaiah 14:12.

Such is the symbolic, poetical and beautiful language used by all religions, and I am happy to be one of those “whacky Christians” you mock. God bless you. I wish you learn to know and respect us.

Greetings from Spain.

[oikosAaron]

@sasquash12 In the Catholic tradition, Mary is called Stella matutina because the morning star is a sign of the coming day, the announcement of the rising sun. Just as the morning star appears before dawn, Mary announces and anticipates the rising “Sun of Justice” (Mal 4:3), her Son, Jesus himself. When She emerges from darkness we know that the day is near. Mary is morning star not for and through herself, but she is only the reflection of the Redeemer.

[sasquash12]

Beautiful performance. I do find it hilarious that Mary is being referred to here by the name of Lucifer (those whacky Christians), but all irony aside I dig this immensely.