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Thread #10339   Message #3764718
Posted By: keberoxu
11-Jan-16 - 05:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Heavenly Banquet (English & Irish)
Subject: RE: heavenly banquet
Have kept you waiting long enough for this: David Greene's translation, page 152.

I would like a great alefeast for the king of kings.
I would like that the people of heaven should be drinking it eternally.

I would like the harvest of belief, of pure piety;
I would like threshels of penitence in my dwelling.

I would like the men of heaven in my house;
I would like casks of patience to serve them.

I would like to distribute beakers of alms;
I would like vessels of mercy for the company.

I would like hospitality to follow them;
I would like Jesus to be here continually.

I would like the three Maries, of fair fame;
I would like the people of heaven from every place.

I would like to be a rent-payer of the [land]lord;
happily have I suffered care
on whom He would would bestow a good blessing.