Hope For Resolution, Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory Of the Father's love begotten, Ere the worlds began to be, He is Alpha and Omega, He the Source, the Ending He, Of the things that are, that have been, And that future years shall see Evermore and evermore. ... Oh, that birth forever blessed When the Virgin, full of grace, By the Holy Ghost conceiving, Bare the Savior of our race, And the Babe, the world's Redeemer, First revealed His sacred face Evermore and evermore. ... O ye heights of heaven, adore Him; Angel hosts, His praises sing; Powers, dominions, bow before Him And extol our God and King. Let no tongue on earth be silent, Every voice in concert ring Evermore and evermore.
Zulu English Thula Sizwe Hush nation Ungabokala Do not cry Ujehova Wakho Our God Uzokunqobela Will protect us Inkululeko Freedom Sizoyithola We will get it Ujehova Wakho Our God Uzokunqobela Will protect us
Hope For Resolution is a song dedicated to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk, two South African politicians who were instrumental in bringing about the end of apartheid. It combines two songs: "Of the Father's Love Begotten," an English translation of an 11th Century Gregorian chant called Divinum Mysterium, and "Thula Sizwe," a Zulu song of hope from the time of apartheid.
Of the Father's Love Begotten is by Aurelius C. Prudentius, translated by John. M. Neale and Henry W. Baker in the 1800s. You can read more about Thula Sizwe at http://singafrica.londongt.org/index.php?page=thulaSizwe