Jonh Tavener - Funeral Canticle - Contradition Ensemble

Sir John Tavener (1944-2013) - Funeral Canticle

text:
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη

We are born as naked infants
Then baptized into Christ our God
Rocks and shoals of life beset us
Washed in waters of our Lord

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

What earthy sweetness remaineth unmixed with grief?
What glory standeth immutable on earth?
All things are but shadows most feeble
But most deluding dreams
Yet one moment only
And death shall supplant them all
But in the light of thy countenance
Oh Christ, and in the sweetness of thy beauty
Give rest to him whom thou hast chosen
Because thou lovest mankind

text in Greek:

Ποιὰ ἀπόλαυση τῆς ζωῆς βρίσκεται ἀμέτοχη λύπης;
Ποιὰ δόξα γήινη μένει σταθερὴ καὶ ἀμετάθετη;
Ὅλα εἶναι ἀσθενέστερα ἀπὸ τὴν σκιὰ
καὶ ἀπατηλότερα ἀπὸ τὸ ὄνειρο,
μία στιγμὴ
καὶ ὅλα τὰ διαδέχεται ὁ θάνατος.
Ἀλλὰ ἀνάπαυσε Χριστὲ στὸ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου Σου
καὶ στὴ γλυκύτητα τῆς ὀμορφιᾶς Σου
αὐτὸν ποὺ ἐξέλεξες
σήμερα ὡς φιλάνθρωπος.

Contradition Ensemble, conductor Kostika Çollaku
Live from our concert at New Mosque, Thessaloniki 31/5/2017.

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