Pietà (Charles Hiestand)

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• CPDL #11767:

Editor: Charles Hiestand (submitted 2006-05-25).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 72 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Text by Jim Harbough, S.J.

General Information

Title: Pieta
Composer: Charles Hiestand

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 2002

Description:

External websites: http://www.bandcmusic.com/Songs/

Original text and translations

English text

Rest, my child, rest your head.
Rest, my Jesus, I your bed
Once I rocked you, small and poor.
Now I'll hold you never more.

How can I mother them, those you love?
How can they be what you were to me?
How can I let you go?
Love the ones who brought you low?

You make me mother to all you love.
But I'm alone and my heart is breaking
Still let this be done to me as you have said it must
Has God graced me. In God alone I will place all my trust.

There will be other sons, daughters too.
Yet none can be my first as you were.
Still let this be done to me as you have said it must
God has graced me; in God alone I will place all my trust.
Rest well my savior; Rest well my son. Amen

Fr. Jim Harbaugh, S.J.