by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Welcome to the moon
Language: English  after the Scots Gaelic
Welcome, precious stone of night, Delight of the skies, precious sweet stone of the still night, mother of stars, precious silent stone of the night skies, Child reared by the Sun, precious simple stone of the silent night Excellency of stars, precious stone of the night.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scots Gaelic 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 Bernard Rands (b. 1934), "Welcome to the moon", published 1980, first performed 1981 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Canti lunatici, no. 3, London : Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 46