As I prepare for Argentina, I have spent some time on iTunes creating a wishlist of Spanish worship songs I would like to learn and use for worship. I discovered that Spanish versions exist for several songs which I know and love in English. I was jumping for joy inside as I discovered one song after another that sounded familiar musically but had foreign yet such beautiful lyrics.
One song I ran across sounded a little familiar musically, but I do not think there is an English version. This song grabbed my heart musically and vocally. I didn’t know what it meant when I first heard it but it moved my soul and I knew it was powerful. Immediately I thought of one of my favorite vocalists, my friend Heather, because she could “own” this song…no doubt!
Last night, while skyping with my friend Max in Argentina, he shared a youtube link to this very same song. Again I was deeply moved, but this time it was from watching this young worship leader bear her soul in worship.
My response? Well, several things…I watched the video many times. I purchased the song on iTunes and then set it on “repeat 1″ while I googled the lyrics and chords so that I could sing and play along. These lyrics are so powerful…this is my prayer, the cry of my heart. On my way to church this morning, I had this cranked up full blast. After worshiping with people I love dearly (and whom I already miss greatly), I turned it up again on the way home and the tears flowed down my cheeks…my heart so full of love for our God…blown away by the way He is at work in our lives…and imagining all of us worshiping together some day, in all languages…forever…
I translated the lyrics so that I could share it with all of you. I truly hope that it blesses you as much as it is blessing me right now. Here’s a link to the video and the lyrics are below. I pray that this is the cry of your heart too. Let me know what you think!
Verse 1:
Cuando pienso en Tu amor y en Tu fidelidad,
no puedo hacer más que postrarme y adorar
When I think of Your love and of Your faithfulness,
I can not do more than bow down and worship
Y cuando pienso en como he sido
y hasta donde me has traído, me asombro de Tí
And when I think of how I was
and how far You have brought me, I’m amazed by You
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Y no me quiero conformar,
he probado y quiero más
And I will not settle,
I tried and I want more
Chorus:
Yo quiero enamorarme más de Tí, enséñame a amarte
y a vivir conforme a Tu justicia y Tu verdad
I want to fall in love more with You, teach me to love You
and to live according to Your justice and Your truth
Con mi vida quiero adorar, con todo lo que tengo
y lo que soy, todo lo que he sido Te lo doy
With my life I want to worship, with everything I have
and all that I am, everything I’ve been I give to You
Que mi vida sea para Tí como un perfume a Tus pies
That my life may be for You like perfume upon Your feet
Verse 2:
Cuando pienso en Tu cruz y en todo lo que has dado,
Tu sangre por mí, por llevar mi pecado
When I think of Your cross and of everything that You’ve given,
Your blood for me, to take away my sin
Y cuando pienso en Tu mano,
hasta aquí hemos llegado por Tu fidelidad
And when I think of Your hand,
we’ve come this far because of Your faithfulness
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Verse 2
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Ohhh! Yes! “That my life may be for You like perfume upon Your feet.” Thanks for sharing that MEEchele! Love you!