This song calls to us: “Come! Let’s be singing!”
And what shall we sing?
“Sing alleluia!”
That’s it. That’s the song. In English and in Hebrew.
Hava nashirah. Shirah alleluia!
Hava nashirah. Shirah alleluia!
Hava nashirah. Shirah alleluia!Come, let’s be singing. Sing alleluia!
Come, let’s be singing. Sing alleluia!
Come, let’s be singing. Sing alleluia!
It is written in three parts that can be sung as a round – or ideally a canon, which is great because one part is quite low and one part is quite high. It all seems simple, except the beauty of rounds is the complexity that comes when the parts blend. This one is quite gorgeous and joyful.
I don’t have much more to say…it’s origins are unknown but its presence is cheering.
