X: 1
T:Lansdowne
C:Sephardic melody, harmonized in Shape Note style by Raphael Finkel
H:Words by Solomon ibn Gabirol, 11c Spain, translated by Raphael Finkel
M:4/4
K:C
L:1/4
I:speed 150
I:barcheck
W:
W:At the dawn I seek You, my refuge and my light.
W:My morning prayers rise up to You; I sing again at night.
W:
W:In your awesome presence, I stand in utter dread,
W:Because You gaze into my soul, and like a book it's read.
W:
W:How then can my heart prove strong, my tongue, what can it do?
W:What strength is in my breath as I stand trembling before You?
W:
W:But You glory in my song, though sung in mortal key.
W:And so my praise to You I sing while yet there's breath in me.
W:
I:part
Gcef|e/2d/2c/2d/2 c G|c>G A/2 B/2 A/2 c/2|d>c d A/2 B/2|c>G A/2 B/2 A/2 c/2 |
ddBA|A>cdd|e/2d/2c/2d/2ee|f>fef|e3z||
I:part
cGcc|cGEE|AGFF|G2BG|AGFF|BGGA|FEGG|G2cc|BAGG|G3z||
I:part
EGGA|G/2F/2E/2D/2Cc/2B/2|A>Bc/2B/2c/2A/2|G>AGc/2B/2|A>Bc/2B/2c/2A/2|
G/2F/2E/2F/2GF/2E/2|D>DGG|C/2D/2E/2F/2GF/2E/2|D>DGG|c3z||
I:final
C,,G,E,C,|E,>F,G,G,|F,F,F,/2G,/2F,/2E,/2|D,G,2F,|F,F,F,/2G,/2F,/2E,/2|
G,G,G,G,|A,A,G,/2A,/2G,/2F,/2|G,2G,,2|B,,G,B,,D,|C,3z||