讃美歌と鼻唄

心にも対極があるようです。

元気がなく落ち込んで何もしたくない・・そんな時、個人的に鼻唄で口ずさむ対曲の讃美歌があります。

キリスト教徒ではないのですが、心揺さぶられる魂の響きというものを実感します。

讃美歌エルサレムを初めて聴いたのは、映画「炎のランナー」の追悼シーンに流されていました。

映画「炎のランナー」の原題は、「Chariot of Fire」・・この歌詞から使われました。

Jerusalem ♪
Word by William Blake (1757-1827)

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&feature=related

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the Holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of Fire!
I will not cease from mental fight;
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

そして、アメージング　グレース♪です。

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=lhc7MEYY-Ho

Amazing Grace!
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now I'm found,
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;

'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.

When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun.

ハレルヤ♪