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by Bible or other Sacred Texts
Translation by James Rendel Harris (1852 - 1941)

No way is hard
 (Sung text for setting by A. Hovhaness)
 See original
Language: English  after the Aramaic (ܪܡܝܐ) 
  True poetry -- pure and simple

1 No way is hard where there is a simple heart.
2 Nor is there any wound where the thoughts are upright:
3 Nor is there any storm in the depth of the illuminated thought:
4 Where one is surrounded on every side by beauty, there is nothing that is divided.
5 The likeness of what is below is that which is above; 
  for everything is above: what is below is nothing but the imagination 
  of those that are without knowledge.
6  ...  Hallelujah.

Composition:

    Set to music by Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000), "No way is hard", op. 5 no. 1 (1935) [ medium voice and piano ], from 3 Odes of Solomon, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by James Rendel Harris (1852 - 1941), "Ode 34", appears in The Forgotten Books of Eden, in The Odes of Solomon, first published 1926

Based on:

  • a text in Aramaic (ܪܡܝܐ) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from the Greek, 1st century A.D.? [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-29
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