Kandisa

Kandisa is the title of a track of an Album by the same name recorded by the famous Indian fusion rock band ‘Indian Ocean’. The track is simply awesome and has become one of my staple tracks every morning. One of the tracks that underline the thought that music can transcend language barriers.

This is an ancient Aramaic prayer reportedly still chanted in the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Aramaic was the native language of Jesus and the Syriac Orthodox Church is one of the ancient churches of the world. According to the New Testament "The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch." (Acts 11:26).

The text of the prayer as it sounds to me is:

Aalam Aalam Aalam, Aamenu Aamen
Sliha Mar Yose, Almaduba Kudisa
Aangen Dhanusa, Nehave Dukharana
Kandisa Alaha, Kandisa Esana, Kandisa La Ma Yosa Isaraha Malem

Conceptual Interpretation (Cited from Wikipedia)

Holy GOD, Holy Strength (epitome of divine strength-Omnipotent),
Invocation (3),
Truly, Truly, Truly (So be it) (Sanskrit: thathaasthu)
Our father Joseph, at your Holy altar,
humbly i submit (Sanskrit: Sarvam Samarpayaami), may that be forever in memory (heart and mind).
Holy GOD, Holy Strength (epitome of divine strength- Omnipotent),
Holy immortal (epitome of immortality-Omnipresent), please have mercy on me.



You can follow this link to youtube to listen to the track online:

Kandisa