Pietà (Charles Hiestand)
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CPDL #11767: 
- Editor: Charles Hiestand (added 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:
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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.