Go to the Child (Geoff Allan)
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- Editor: Geoff Allan (submitted 2019-12-18). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 153 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Go to the Child
Composer: Geoff Allan
Lyricist: Imtiaz Dharkercreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol, Christmas
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 2019
Description: Setting for SATB choir of a most beautiful poem by Imtiaz Dharker. Written originally for the BBC Carol competition 2019. First performance by Sturminster Newton Choral Society at a concert given on 7th December 2019.
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Original text and translations
English text
Rise and go on a bitter night
when hope lies frozen in the ground,
hushed and hid-den out of sight,
no living thing for miles around.
Even though the tears of the earth
have turned to crystal, rise.
Take the road that leads to a birth.
An infant calls and the heart re-plies.
See in the eyes a blazing star,
a spark of something new-ly born,
feet already walking on air,
holding a lifeline in the palm.
When at last you see the face
and feel on your cheek the baby’s breath;
when you have known the grace
of a beginning, being blessed,
look up at the hungry bowl of the sky
and empty your pockets to fill it,
see where the water is ri-sing
and lift your hands to still it,
turn to a world that is still unborn
and raise your voice to sing it,
go to the child who is not your own
and open your heart to save it.
See in the eyes a blazing star,
a spark of something newly born,
feet already wal-king on air,
holding a lifeline in the palm.