Holy is the virgin of gold-mist hair (Jennifer Bastable)

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• (Posted 2025-01-20)  CPDL #83488:       

Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2025-01-20).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 334 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Holy is the virgin of gold-mist hair
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: Alexander Carmichael
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SMzATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A setting for five voices of verses from vol.2 of Carmina Gadelica (publ. 1900). The original Scottish Gaelic was collected, edited/adapted and translated by Alexander Carmichael.

External websites:

• View the Wikipedia article on 'Carmina Gadelica'.

Original text and translations

English text

Holy is the virgin of gold-mist hair,
With tenderest babe at the base of the bens,
No food for either of them under the arch of the sky,
No shelter under the sun to shield them from the foe.

The shield of the Son of God covers her,
The inspiration of the Son of God guides her,
The word of the Son of God is food to her,
His star is a bright revealing light to her.

The darkness of night is to her as the brightness of day.