Moon Goddess

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by Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980)

Bella Voce
The College of St. Scholastica
Dr. Bret Amundson, director
Emily Valine and Matt Kiminski, piano
Taylor Neil, percussion

Performed at the 2020 Central/North Central American Choral Directors Association Regional Conference in Milwaukee, WI
March 6, 2020

Program cover artwork by Sarah M. Brokke

O my lady, on hearing your sound,
hills and flatlands bow.

O my lady, guardian of all the great essences,
you have picked them up and hung them
on your hand.

You are lofty like Heaven. Let the world know!
You are wide like the earth. Let the world know!

You strike everything down in battle.
O my lady, on your wings
you hack away the land and charge disguised
as a charging storm,
roar as a roaring storm,
thunder and keep thundering, and snort
with evil winds.

O primary one,
moon goddess Inanna of heaven and earth!

On your harp of sighs
I hear your dirge.

O my lady, this song has made you great
and exalted you.
O my lady, wife of An, I have told your fury!
--Enheduanna (born ca. 2300 B.C)