After My Father Gave Me His Blessing

Music: Krzyzu wierny i wyborny. By Jan Z. Lublina. Sequenced by Boguslaw Krawczyk at Kunst der Fuge.

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After my father gave me his blessing For the first time, saying, "God bless you" As I left him to the darkness, He held me there and kissed my hand. For the first time saying, "God bless you" In all the years that I had loved him, He held me there and kissed my hand, And the child shivered with delight. In all the years that I had loved him, We understood no need to speak. The child shivered with delight; The man in silence turned away. We understood no need to speak As I left him to the darkness. The man in silence turned away After my father gave me his blessing.