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“Resta Qui Con Noi” / “Stay With Us O’ Lord” – World Youth Day 1984 in Rome Official Theme Song


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The hymn of praise that is sung through all the ages in the heavenly places and was brought by the High Priest, Christ Jesus, into this land of exile has been continued by the Church with constant fidelity over many centuries, in a rich variety of forms. – Laudis Canticum

1984

RESTA QUI CON NOI
Text: V. Ciprì
Music: B. Enderle

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Le ombre si distendono
scende ormai la sera
e si allontanano dietro i monti
i riflessi di un giorno che non finirà,
di un giorno che ora correrà sempre
perché sappiamo che una nuova vita
da qui è partita e mai più si fermerà.

Resta qui con noi il sole scende già,
resta qui con noi Signore, è sera ormai.
Resta qui con noi il sole scende già,
se tu sei fra noi la notte non verrà.

S´allarga verso il mare
il tuo cerchio d´onda
che il vento spingerà fino a quando
giungerà ai confini di ogni cuore,
alle porte dell´amore vero;
come una fiamma che dove passa brucia,
così il Tuo amore
tutto il mondo invaderà.

Resta qui con noi…

Davanti a noi l´umanità
lotta, soffre e spera
come una terra che nell´arsura
chiede l´acqua da un cielo senza nuvole,
ma che sempre le può dare vita.
Con Te saremo sorgente d´acqua pura,
con Te fra noi il deserto fiorirà.

Resta qui con noi… (3 volte)

STAY WITH US O LORD
(English Translation)

The hours go on slowly by
as evening falls so softly
and off the mountains fade
the reflections of the day
so full of hapiness without end
of a day that will just keep on going
because we know that a new life is before us
a life of beauty which will never ever pass

Stay with us O Lord the day is almost gone
Stay with us, O Lord the evening’s drawing near
Stay with us O Lord the day is almost gone
if you’re with us Lord, the night will never come

The ripples of your wave of love
all spread out to sea
and blown on by the wind
they will soon break on the open shores
of each and every man’s heart
at the portals of that pure and true love
just like the bright flame
which scorches while it passes
your wondrous love which invades
the whole wide world

Stay with us O Lord the day is almost gone
Stay with us, O Lord the evening’s drawing near
Stay with us O Lord the day is almost gone
if you’re with us Lord, the night will never come

Before our eyes humanity
struggles, suffers and hopes
just like a piece of earth
in the dry times begging water
from a clear and cloudless blue sky
but which gives forth
such abundant life always
with you we’ll be a spring of purest water
with you amongst us
all the desert will soon bloom





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