CONSPIRARE CHRISTMAS

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SO LONGS MY SOUL
’Twas in the moon of wintertime when all the birds had fled…
Rorate coeli desuper et nubes pluant justum
(Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down the Just One)
Aperiatur terra et germinet salvatorem
(Let the earth be opened and send forth a Saviour)
Sh’ma Yis’ra’eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad.
(Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.)
(Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving
It doesn’t matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times.
Come, yet again, come, come. )
—Rumi
Fly Away
All of her days have gone soft and cloudy / All of her dreams have gone dry
All of her nights have gone sad and shady / She’s getting ready to fly
Fly away…
In this whole world there’s nobody as lonely as she
There’s nowhere to go and there’s nowhere
That she’d rather be.
She’s looking for lovers and children playing / She’s looking for signs of the spring
She listens for laughter and sounds of dancing / She listens for any old things
Fly away…
—John Denver
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Vaga Luna
Vaga luna, che inargenti
queste rive e questi fiori
ed inspiri agli elementi
il linguaggio dell’amor;
testimonio or sei tu sola
del mio fervido desir,
Beautiful moon, dappling with silver
These banks and flowers,
Evoking from the elements
The language of love
Only you are witness
To my ardent desire;