INCA - YOU WILL SING WITH THE VOICE OF THE LARK

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The music below is from a great album
of traditional music from the Andes that
came out in '95 on the Legacy International label.
The song is titled "Perdonaguangoi."
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With rejoicing mouth, with rejoicing tongue,

by day and tonight you will call.

Fasting, you will sing

with the voice of the lark

and perhaps in our happiness,

in our delight, from some place in the world,

the creator of man

the Lord All-powerful,

will hear you.

"Ay!" he will say to you,

and you

wherever you are and thus forever

with no other lord but him

will live, will be.

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From Prayers, Praises, and Thanksgivings

Compiled by Sandol Stoddard

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Below is a short (:48) example of the

song of a lark - in this case a 
wood lark from France.

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INCA PRAYER

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O Pachacamac!

Thou who has existed from the beginning,

Thou who shall exist until the end,

powerful but merciful,

Who didst create man by saying,"Let man be,"

Who defends us from evil,

and preserves our life and our health,

art Thou in the sky or upon the earth?

In the clouds or in the deeps?

Hear the voice of him who implores Thee,

and grant him his petitions.

Give us life everlasting,

preserve us, and accept this our sacrifice.

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Below is a 2:43 slideshow titled

"Land of the Inca."