KÅNTA : I FLECHAN YU'US

This song compares the love God has for us to an arrow that penetrates our hearts deeply.

Chorus :
I flechan Yu'us ha tokcha' hit;
(The arrow of God has pierced us;)
i korason-ña ha guaiya hit.
(His heart loves us.)

1. Håfa Jesus-ho i malago'-mo gi dinilok-mo nu i taotao?
(What, my Jesus, do you desire from your piercing of the people?)
Yanggen i sensen pat i anti-ña, Yu'us Lahi-ña chuli'e' hao!
(If it's the flesh or its soul, God the Son, take it for Yourself!)

2. Guåho magåhet lånsan Longinos, kalåktos, inos, flumecha hao.
(I am truly the lance of Longinus, sharp and easily inserted, which pierced You.)
Tåya' dumulok i korason-mo na i patgon-mo ni guåho ha'.
(Nothing pierced your heart but your child which I am.)

3. Sahguan guinaiya, figan na hotno, i korason-mo, mames Jesus.
(Vessel of love, fiery furnace, is your heart, sweet Jesus.)
Tåya' taiguennao na ginefli'e' ha na' ma li'e' na si Yu'us.
(None has shown that kind of love except God.)

NOTES

In verse 1, we consider that the love that God has for us pierces our hearts and makes us love Him back. The love we have for God shows in our willingness to surrender to Him everything we have and are, both body (flesh) and soul.

In verse 2, we consider that we, too, have pierced God's heart but in a painful way by our sins which offend Him. We are like the spear of the Roman soldier Longinus who, in order to make sure Jesus was dead, pierced His side when He was hanging on the cross. The song uses the word flecha, which means "arrow," as a verb : to shoot an arrow at Jesus. And, to consider that we who pierce God are the children He created. Such ingratitude!

In verse 3, we consider that the love of God is mighty like a blazing furnace. No one can say he or she loves us as much as God because, being Almighty God, He lowers Himself to become a victim for our sins and thus save us by His sacrifice. Just as a fire destroys, God's love allowed Himself to be nailed to a cross in order to prove to us His immense love.

LONGINUS

was the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus' side with a lance