Child of the Rainbow (Paul Merkus)

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• (Posted 2022-04-09)  CPDL #68805:           

Editor: Paul Merkus (submitted 2022-04-09).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 134 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Child of the Rainbow
Composer: Paul Merkus
Lyricist: Toos van Raaij^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Chant

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 2002
Description: The inspiration for the text "Child of the Rainbow" came from reading the legend of Kuyichi (the Peruvian god of the rainbow). According to legend, Kuyichi stripped the rainbow of its colors because of all the injustice in the world. The colors would not return until justice had been sufficiently restored. And to appease the god of the rainbow, the Indians in the Andes wear brightly colored ponchos.

External websites:

• https://pmerkus.dse.nl/Spheren/Html/op37.shtml

Original text and translations

English text

Verse:
We've been silent so long,
but now, from afar,
rise and fall of voices reach us.
And although words get lost,
we know,
yes, still, we know it to our cost.

Chorus:
   So rush, the candle is burning two-sided!
   The gifts of our nature are melting like snow.
   The ocean is wide and the tides won't be waiting,
   pay heed to the world and its creatures,
   expel all the grabbing, expel all the hating,
   let the future of the innocents glow.

Verse:
The summer of life only blooms once,
so please, hurry up now, you should leap at the chance
make a man's word as good as his bond.
Let us invite the great animal kingdom for a dance.
It won't take infinity and beyond!

Chorus:
   So rush, the candle is burning two-sided!
   The gifts of our nature are melting like snow.
   The ocean is wide and the tides won't be waiting,
   pay heed to the world and its creatures,
   expel all the grabbing, expel all the hating,
   let the future of the innocents glow.

Verse:
Just look at the child of the rainbow,
despite deepest sorrow, insecure tomorrow,
always reaching out for the sun.
Let rays of light unfurl on a dewful meadow.
Release its poor life from bullets and guns!

Chorus:
   So rush, the candle is burning two-sided!
   The gifts of our nature are melting like snow.
   The ocean is wide and the tides won't be waiting,
   pay heed to the world and its creatures,
   expel all the grabbing, expel all the hating,
   let the future of the innocents glow.