Ecce Ego

Lets see if you can guess what this song is. It was translated from the English into Latin by Father Thomas Buffer for Rich (Richard Chonak) at Catholic Light & came to me via Brian Michael Page at Christus Vincit:

Deus maris et caeli / Plorantes meos audivi
Habitans in tenebris / Salvabitur
Stellas noctis quae feci / Tenebras inlustrabo:
Quis portabit meam lucem? / Iis mittam quem?


(Antiphona:)
Ecce ego / Sumne ille? / Te vocantem nocte audivi
Ibo, Domine / Te ducente / Gentem tuam corde tenebo

OK for those of you who may be a little deficient in your Latin the song is Here I Am Lord. Brian, how about rewriting the music to make it a chant like you did with Hail Mary/Gentle Woman? (EVER HEAR OF "HERE I AM, LORD" IN LATIN?)

Meanwhile at his own blog Rich has taken a song by 1 of my favorite bands, Chicago, & written new lyrics for it based on a classic Christmas carol. The Chicago song, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? The carol, What Child Is This? Here it is:

"Does anybody really know what Child this is?

Does anybody really care about this Child?

If so, I can't imagine who;

but He was born for me and you."

Verse 1:

"As I was walking through the town one day,

a man and woman came to me and asked:

is there an inn where we can stay today?"

('What song is this, that dreary song, a-whining and a-bleating?')

I do have 1 small disagreement with him though. He doesn't like the tune, Greensleeves, I do! But I'll simply agree to disagree with him.