Do not stand at my grave and weep

This is one of the most beautiful and meaningful, yet simple, Easter song I've ever heard. It deals with the very essence of Easter and the resurrection of Christ in the most simple and subtle way. Of course, for those who don't know who Christ is the words would just fly by. But even then it's a very beautiful song. The words were based on a poem written by Mary Elizabeth Frye. The beautifully haunting music was written by Robert Prizeman specifically for his choirband, Libera, originally published in 2004 in the album Free. Different music that used the same poem do exist prior to Libera's version, but of all the versions of this song that I've listened to in Youtube, Mr. Prizeman's music stood out as the best.

Happy Easter, everyone. (The original poem can be read below the embedded video.)



The original poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye:

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.