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A setting of a poem in Latvian, “Es Piederu” (I belong) is a piece for SATB choir with a brief soprano solo at the end. My wife’s grandmother composed the poem in July of 1922. The piece was commissioned by the Augustana University Choir as part of their Tirasång Project.
Translation of the Latvian text: I belong to the earth and grass, and the flowers that sway around me, and the tall clear (pellucid) grass, where the gaze runs away with the clouds. For from him, and through him, and to him, are all things; To him be glory forever! I belong to the summer, which walks over the forests so hot, and caresses the bent grass in the meadows hurries to run with the butterfly away. I belong to the wind and the scent, which while inebriates, flows and fades, and similar to a little bee from a drop of nectar glows. I belong to the summer song, which the grasshopper sings in the grass, and to the white flame of the sun, which carries everything away. I know this belonging, because in all abides the divine Spirit who creates, gives life, fills, makes free in the depths of the heart.
A setting of a poem in Latvian, “Es Piederu” (I belong) is a piece for SATB choir with a brief soprano solo at the end. My wife’s grandmother composed the poem in July of 1922. The piece was commissioned by the Augustana University Choir as part of their Tirasång Project.
Translation of the Latvian text: I belong to the earth and grass, and the flowers that sway around me, and the tall clear (pellucid) grass, where the gaze runs away with the clouds. For from him, and through him, and to him, are all things; To him be glory forever! I belong to the summer, which walks over the forests so hot, and caresses the bent grass in the meadows hurries to run with the butterfly away. I belong to the wind and the scent, which while inebriates, flows and fades, and similar to a little bee from a drop of nectar glows. I belong to the summer song, which the grasshopper sings in the grass, and to the white flame of the sun, which carries everything away. I know this belonging, because in all abides the divine Spirit who creates, gives life, fills, makes free in the depths of the heart.
