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- SONG V
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Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński - SONG I - ON DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN THE WORLD
SONG I
ON DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN THE WORLD
Blind chance sways not man's affairs;
On mad fortune too, tho stubborn it strays,
The power of Thy rule fixes a hardened bit,
O Wisdom, O Life o'er all in creation!
Mercy and justice, matters both Thine.
Past Thine eyes unjust and upright proceed:
To the latter works good what seems harm;
To the former, ill, what sweetens life.
And we, tho our vision be dark to Thy ways,
May attain, would we wish to know:
Not mere being hast Thou given us, but so each
In joy might live, Thyself in mercy Thou givst all.
Still, Lord eternal, this Thy grace universal
(But a shadow to Thy light the sun's blaze),
Tho all things subserving doth it eaually light,
But the pure and polished would it shine.
O God omnipotent, Light of Contentment!
Sin's grievous rust hath lodged in our hearts
Whence, tho Thy light strike us, in night we abide;
And to allay this venom is an act past our power.
Make us clean, we beg Thee! From Thy mercy
Would that a beam, piercing our hearts, carry back
Unto Thee clear reflection of praise and love,
O Lord, our Praise, our Contentment!
Translated by Richard Sokoloski
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