by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Earth and Sea
Language: English after the Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ)
Holy, Holy, Ah, Ah, Holy Holy Mother Earth the trees and all nature are witnesses of all your thoughts and deeds. The great sea has set me adrift It moves me as the weed in a great river Earth and the great weather move me have carried me away and move my inward parts with joy.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Earth and Sea", 1975 [soprano and piano], confirmed with an online score [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
Line count: 9
Word count: 56