by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826 - 1906)
Child of Heaven See original
Language: English  after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)
Shedding her light on human habitations this Child of Heaven hath called us from our slumber; She who at night-time with her argent lustre hath shown herself e’en through the shades of darkness. ... Dawns, bringing hither, to the man who worships, glory and power and might and food and vigour, ... ... Now for the singer when he sings the praise-song. Even to one like me ye brought aforetime. ... Shine on us as of old, thou Child of Heaven, on him, rich Maid! who serves like Bharadvāja. Give to the singer wealth with noble heroes, and upon us bestow wide-spreading glory.
Composition:
- Set to music by Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968), "Child of Heaven", 2017, first performed 2018, stanzas 1, 3 (lines 1-2), 4 (lines 3-4), 6 [ mixed chorus ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826 - 1906)
Based on:
- a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in The Rig Veda ( ऋग्वेद ) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 194