porque hoje é 13 de Maio

(Mary Queen of the May (Bring Flowers of the Rarest), performed by John McDermott)

Optei para o dia de hoje por um hino muito simples (Mary Queen of the May), daqueles que todos nós, melhor ou pior, somos capazes de cantar (estar ao alcance de todos a sua interpretação é uma das razões que me faz gostar de cânticos deste género, ou a principal, já que as outras decorrem dela). Que no culto mariano ressoem ecos ancestrais pagãos (rainha dos anjos, rainha de Maio) mais intensifica em mim o sentir que este cântico verbaliza. Destaco estes versos do fecho: Our hearts be they ever /As Pure as the lilies /We lay at thy feet.

Transponho para aqui  a letra:

Bring flow'rs of the fairest,
Bring flow'rs of the rarest,
From garden and woodland
And hillside and vale;
Our full hearts are swelling,
Our Glad voices telling
The praise of the loveliest
Rose of the vale.

O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May,
O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May.

Our voices ascending,
In harmony blending,
Oh! Thus may our hearts turn
Dear Mother, to thee;
Oh! Thus shall we prove thee
How truly we love thee,
How dark without Mary
Life's journey would be.

O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May,
O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May.

O Virgin most tender,
Our homage we render,
Thy love and protection,
Sweet Mother, to win;
In danger defend us,
In sorrow befriend us,
And shield our hearts
From contagion and sin.

O Mary! we crown thee ...

Of Mothers the dearest,
Oh, wilt thou be nearest,
When life with temptation
Is darkly replete?
Forsake us, O never!
Our hearts be thine ever
As Pure as the lilies
We lay at thy feet.

O Mary! we crown thee