San Franciscu Xavier-a, tuji kudd-i Goeam xara

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'''''San Franciscu Xavier-a, tuji kudd-i Goeam xara''''' (Saint Francis Xavier, your body lay at the city of Goa) is [[Konkani language|Konkani]] hymn in tribute to Saint [[Francis Xavier]] by Raimundo Florianop Feliciano Barreto during the 19th century in [[Goa]], [[India]].

== History ==
[[File:FranciscusXavier.jpg|thumb|200px|Painting of St. [[Francis Xavier]] (1506–1552) by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], c. 1670]] Raimundo Floriano Feliciano Barreto (16 February 1837 – 23 July 1906) was a ''gaunkar'' (landowner) of [[Loutolim]], a village of Goa. He lived at St. Matias, [[Divar]], Goa. Raimundo was the [[Kapellmeister|mestre da capela]] of the [[Se Cathedral]], Goa. He scripted, set to music, and conducted the first public rendition of the "San Franciscu Xavier-a...". Besides conducting Goa's largest choir at the Se Cathedral, Mestre Raimundo, as an ''Economo'', recovered land rents due to the cathedral from the villages of Piedade, Vanxim, etc. of Divar. He maintained accounts. He also collected monthly grants to the Canons of the Cathedral from the Treasury in Panjim and disbursed their salaries.<ref>{{harvnb|Valmiki Faleiro|oHERALDo|17 August 2008|Rodrigues\p=46}}</ref>

Travel from Divar and [[Old Goa]] to [[Panjim]], those days, was by rowboat. Raimundo was returning by a rowboat one evening, with the money for the [[Canon (priest)|Canon]]s' salaries drawn from the treasury in the bag to which he clutched tightly. The river waters were choppy and tossed more than usual. The boat had reached the [[Ribandar]] area, when it suddenly rolled, jettisoning everyone into the waters. A lady who saw that happen raised an alarm and villagers rushed to join the boatman in rescuing the drowning passengers. As Raimundo sunk to the riverbed, sure end within sight, he prayed to St. [[Francis Xavier]] (1506–1552), vowing that if saved, he'd pay with his best talents a tribute in the saint's honour. He was saved, but not the bag with the money for the Canons of the Cathedral. The cruel Canons would have none of his story. They demanded Raimundo to make good the loss, by recovering the moneybag from the riverbed or from his assets. Raimundo sold his ground-plus-one mansion storeyed mansion at St. Matias, to a Silveira of the same locality, and paid the dues to the Canons.

Yet he owned another debt, that of redeeming the vow made to St. Francis Xavier as he drowned in the murky waters of the [[Mandovi]] that day. He worked on this silently. The result was kept a closely guarded secret by the composer-conductor and his choir, until the next December 3, at the feast [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] of the saint at the [[Basilica of Bom Jesus]], where it was unveiled. The entire congregation, led by the [[Archbishop]]-[[Patriarch]] and [[clergy]], were awestruck. Never had such a hymn—so Goan, so magical—been heard before. The hymn reverberates every December 3, to this day.<ref>{{harvnb|Valmiki Faleiro|oHERALDo 17 August 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|San Franciscu Xavier-a, tuji kudd-i Goeam xara
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!Konkani lyrics !! Translation
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!colspan="2"|First stanza
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|style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"|
San Franciscu Xaviera 
Tuji kuddi Goeam xara 
Jezuchea sangata 
Sodanch tuji niti vortouta
|
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|-
!colspan="2"|Second stanza
|-
|style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"|
Fransisk soinik kullientlo 
Navarra rajeant zolmolo 
Parizak xikunk gelo 
Thoisor inas taka bhettlo
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Third stanza
|-
|style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"|
Inasan thokos ghetlo 
Krista-soinik toiar kelo 
An Indiek taka dhaddlo 
Thoisor dhach vorsam vavurlo
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Fourth stanza
|-
|style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"|
To sanchian zunvea melo 
Tacho otmo sorgar gelo 
Pun tachi kudd nam kusli 
Ochoriamnim ti samball'li
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|-
!colspan="2"|Fifth stanza
|-
|style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"|
Zori vilaitent melo 
Mortoch Goeam portun ailo 
Amche sovem tum ravcho 
Samball korunk Goenkarancho
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Sixth stanza
|-
|style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"|
Sam Franciscu Xaviera 
Tozo zolma des navarra 
Tuji kuddi Goeam xara 
Pun otmo voikunnt-nogra
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|-
!colspan="2"|Seventh stanza
|-
|style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"|
Yaitt-vignam ietat tednam 
Zhuzam–moddam uprastanam 
Amkam tum visrum naka 
Jezuchea bollvont soinika.
|
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Source: Hymn taken from ''Konkani Hymns on St. Francis Xavier'' article posted on "Goa.com".<ref>
{{Citation | last = Almeida | first = Gaspar | publisher = Goa.com | url = http://www.goa-world.com/GOA/konkani/hyms-sfx.htm | title = Konkani Hymns on St. Francis Xavier | accessdate = 2010-02-21 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060111001858/http://www.goa-world.com/goa/konkani/hyms-sfx.htm | archivedate = 2006-01-11 }}</ref>
|}

== Citations ==
* Valmiki Faleiro, Goan Music-2, oHERALDo, Goa, August 17, 2008

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{Citation | last = Rodrigues | first = Francis | publisher = Pater Publications | place = [[Toronto]]
| url = http://www.konkanisongbook.com/
| title = Greatest Konkani Song Hits Vol. 1
| year = 2009 | isbn = 978-0-9811794-0-7 | accessdate = 2010-02-19 }}

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