DESCRIPTION:
Evening Prayers by Icelandic composer Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson (1965) to the lyrics of Hallgrimur Petursson (1614-1674).
Performers: The Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir
Director: Hördur Askelsson

Sólin til fjalla fljótt
fer að sjóndeildarhring
tekur að nálgast nótt,
neyðin er allt um kring.
Dimmt er í heimi hér,
hættur er vegurinn,
ljósið þitt lýsi mér,
lifandi Jesú minn.

Hallgrímur Pétursson
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Sunset behind the hill
Soon it will fade ut of sight
Gloom all about me still;
Now it will soon be night.
Darkness is all I meet,
My way is fraught with strife;
Thy radiance guides my feet,
Jesu, light of my life.

Transl. Noël Burgess