tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21346696.post8892135387719454908..comments2023-11-03T05:33:56.202-04:00Comments on On Not Being a Sausage: Crux FidelisDeirdrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106311465508277283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21346696.post-81978797952295021512008-02-19T23:31:00.000-05:002008-02-19T23:31:00.000-05:00The music may be breathtaking but the translation ...The music may be breathtaking but the translation sucks. Here's the way I learned it:<BR/><BR/>Faithful cross, among all others<BR/>One and only noble tree<BR/>None in foliage, none in blossom<BR/>None in fruit thy peer may be.<BR/>Sweetest wood and sweetest iron<BR/>Sweetest weight was hung on thee.<BR/><BR/>Bend thy boughs, o tree of glory<BR/>Thy relaxing sinews bend<BR/>For a while the ancient rigor<BR/>that thy birth bestowed suspend,<BR/>And the king of heavenly beauty<BR/>on thy bosom gently tend.<BR/><BR/>The images in those words are almost as sublime as the music.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290600582981220671noreply@blogger.com