Backing track - The Evening Prayer
Duet
from the Opera "Hansel & Gretel"
by Engelbert Humperdinck.
The English text is:-
“When at
night I go to sleep,
Fourteen angels watch do keep:
Two my head are
guarding,
Two my feet are guiding,
Two are
on my right hand,
Two are on my left hand,“
Two who
warmly cover,
Two who o’er me hover,
Two to whom
‘tis given
to guide my
steps to heaven.”
"Though thy former
frame
Be taken from
the sight of all,
Long shalt
thou be remembered
By thy kin
and such as knew thee well
And such as
learnèd of thy deeds.
We who yet
remain do wish thee well
And wish thee
rest and joy
And give thee
final greeting -
'Cyfarchiad a
Ffarwel, Sara'."
(Cyfarchiad a Ffarwel =
Hail and Farewell)
copyright
© Mel Young from his
Welsh 'Angladd'
Ceremony