Reynolds High School Pro Cantorum Choir: Legénda (A Legend)

Legénda (A Legend)
Peter Tchaikovsky


Translation:

When Christ was a child, He had a garden
and many roses He grew therein...
Three times a day He did water them,
for He planned to weave Himself a wreath someday.
When the roses came into full bloom,
He summoned the neighborhood Hebrew children,
they each plucked a flower, and the garden was bare.
"How will you weave yourself a wreath?" they asked.
"Your garden has no more roses in it."
"You have forgotten the thorns are left for me," Christ said.
And from the thorns they pleated Him a prickly wreath;
and drops of blood, instead of roses, adorned his brow.

- Poem by A Pleshcheyev