Tuesday, February 5, 2008

THE NEW PARADISE

THE NEW PARADISE
Neng Tony Mercado Peña
ArtDax Translation


Open the door
Oh loving Shepherd
for my lost and forlorn soul
It moans and cries
looking for shelter
Your abode will make it whole

Give me new friends
Who will take me in
Who have goodness in their heart
And strenght to love
all their fellow men
and make each Sheep of Yours a part

Set me free in
the new paradise
devoid of an evil serpent
though bare I'll be
all my days there
Will forever in goodness spent

In the new paradise
The fence is secure
So only goodness will be stored
and the holy staff
will spread the blessings
of the Shepherd of the Lord

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