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Qué alegría


Performed by Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Xalteva.
Recorded June 29, 2025 at Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Xalteva, Granada, Nicaragua (acquisition date: June 29, 2025).
Performed during Catholic Sunday Mass. Recorded by Claudio Alexander Urbina on behalf of Derek Piotr.

This hymn, with text from Psalm 122, is often sung as the entrance hymn for Catholic mass in Nicaragua.

Qué alegría cuando me dijeron:
"Vamos a la casa del Señor"
Ya está pisando nuestros pies
tus umbrales, Jerusalén.

Jerusalén está fundada
como ciudad bien compacta.
Allá suben las tribus,
las tribus del Señor.
What a joy it was when they said to me,
"Let's go to the house of the Lord"
Our feet are already standing
within your gates, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is founded
as a compact city.
There the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.



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contributed recording, Granada, Nicaragua