Evening Prayers / Kvöldvers, for SATB (2006)
Kvöldvers
Sólin til fjalla fljótt
fer að sjóndeildarhring
tekur að nálgast nótt,
neyðin er allt um kring.
Dimmt er í heimi hér,
hættur er vegurinn,
ljósið þitt lýsi mér,
lifandi Jesú minn.
Hallgrímur Pétursson
—
Evening Prayers
Sunset behind the hill
Soon it will fade out of sight
Gloom all about me still;
Now it will soon be night.
Darkness is all I meet,
My way is fraught with strife;
Thy radiance guides my feet,
Jesu, light of my life.
Transl. Noël Burgess
Performers: The Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir
Director: Hördur Askelsson
