Spiritual [English translation]

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God of Heaven, if you want me,

among the other men you’ll look for me.

God of Heaven, if you look for me,

in the corn fields you’ll find me.

God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come looking for me.

God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come looking for me.

I don’t want to steal the keys of heaven from you,

but you could gift me with a moment of joy.

I don’t want to steal the keys of heaven from you,

but you could gift me with a moment of joy.

Oh God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come looking for me.

Oh God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come looking for me.

Without you, I no longer know where to go,

like a blind fly that can no longer fly.2

Without you, I no longer know where to go,

like a blind fly that can no longer fly.

Oh God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come save me.

Oh God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come save me.

And if you gave us laugh and cry,

we haven’t shared them here on Earth.

And if you gave us laugh and cry,

we haven’t shared them here on Earth.

Oh God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come looking for me.

Oh God of Heaven, if you want to love me,

climb down from the stars and come save me.

God of Heaven, if you look for me,

among the other men you’ll find me.

God of Heaven, if you look for me,

in the corn fields you’ll find me.

God of Heaven, I will wait for you,

I will look for you in Heaven and on Earth.

Oh God of Heaven…

Oh God of Heaven…

Oh God of Heaven…

Oh God of Heaven…

Oh God of Heaven…

Oh God of Heaven…

1. The man of the song is an African slave working in some US plantation, where the spiritual music genre was born.2. giocare a mosca cieca {play ‛blind fly’} = play blind-man’s buff.