[Aramaic and English prayer in the desert with
Middle Eastern instruments used:
∙ Duduk - Armenian wind instrument (haunting, spiritual)
∙ Oud - Middle Eastern lute (ancient, meditative)
∙ Frame drum / Darbuka - Traditional Middle Eastern percussion (gentle rhythm)]
[Intro]
(Duduk solo, soft, Intimate, atmospheric)
(Faint wind sound, gentle breeze)
(Heartbeat rhythm, soft and steady)
(Duduk, distant and haunting)
(Whispered breath)
(Wind continues underneath)
[Verse 1]
Ab-woon d'bwash-may-ya
Our Father who art in heaven
Net-ka-dash shma-kh
Hallowed be Your name
Tay-tay mal-ku-thakh
Your kingdom come
Neh-way tze-vya-nakh eye-kanna d'bwash-may-ya aph b'ar-ha
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven
[Chorus 1]
Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
[Verse 2]
Haw-vlan lakh-ma d'sun-ka-nan yao-mana
Give us this day our daily bread
Wash-bok-lan khau-bayn eye-kana daph khnan shb-wo-kan l'khay-ya-bayn
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
We-la tah-lan l'nes-yuna
And lead us not into temptation
Ela pat-zan min bi-sha
But deliver us from evil
[Chorus 2]
Give us today our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
[Bridge]
Me-tol di-lakh-ie mal-ku-tha
For Yours is the kingdom
Wa-hay-la wa-tesh-bukh-ta
The power and the glory
L'ah-lam al-min
Forever and ever
[Final Chorus]
For Yours is the kingdom.
The power and the glory.
Forever and ever.
Amen.
[Outro]
We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ.
In His name we pray.
Amen.
(Wind rises, gentle breeze becoming stronger)
(The answer to this prayer: Wind surrounds, fades to peace)