Celine Dion and Josh Groban
For some reason I’ve been thinking about Celine Dion and Josh Grobin lately… well, not so much them, as the performance they gave once that really impressed me, and I just can’t seem to get out of my mind lately. Today, rummaging through my stuff I found it. The video I mean.
Watching it again, refreshes my mind why I liked it so much. And it wasn’t so much their performance as it was how skillfully they conveyed the meaning of the libretto – the words:
Nella mia preghiera – Let this be our prayer,
Quanta fede c’è – When shadows fill our day:Lead us to a place… Guide us with your grace… Give us faith so we’ll be safe.
I just seems to me, that today… in these days of so much uncertainty, and… dishevelment, that we (parents) need to plead for these things in great measure. And enable us to teach our children the skill to follow. Perhaps they’ll need it more than we do.
I pray you’ll be our eyes, And watch us where we go
And help us to be wise, In times when we don’t know
Let this be our prayer, As we go our way
Lead us to a place, Guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe
La luce che tu dai – I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuore resterà – And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarci che – When stars go out each night
L’eterna stella sei
Nella mia preghiera – Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c’è – When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place, Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe
Sogniamo il mondo senza più violenza
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace e di fraternità
La forza che ci dai – We ask that life be kind
È il desiderio che – And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amore – We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro sé – Another soul to love
Let this be our prayer – Let this be our prayer
Just like every child – Just like every child
Needs to find a place, Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe
E la fede che, Hai acceso in noi
Sento che ci salverà
[And the faith that You kindled in us I feel that it will save us]