When asked about the translation of this song, Mary Louise Bringle writes:

In 2008, Emily Brink was serving on a committee that was preparing a small collection to be co-published by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Faith Alive Christian Resources in 2010, Global Songs for Worship.  This was intended for use as one of 3 or 4 smaller collections to get to the churches early and also test the waters for Lift Up Your Hearts.  There was another translation of Sopla, sopla fuerte available, but it did not have the committee’s full support, so she approached me about crafting a new English-language version.

 

Mary Louise (Mel) Bringle (b. 1953) is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and chair of the Humanities Division at Brevard College (Brevard, NC). A teacher at heart and a theologian by training (with a Ph.D. from Emory University and an assortment of publications in pastoral theology), she began writing hymn texts in 1999. Since that time, she has won a number of international hymnwriting competitions and been featured as an "emerging text writer" by The Hymn Society in the US and Canada. GIA has published two single-author collections of her hymns (Joy and Wonder, Love and Longing in 2002, and In Wind and Wonder in 2007), as well as anthems written in collaboration with composers like William Rowan, Sally Morris, and others. Her texts and translations are included in publications from numerous denominations, including Roman Catholic, Mennonite, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Episcopalian, United Church of Canada, and Church of Scotland. She is currently serving as President of The Hymn Society and chair of the committee to create a new hymnal for the Presbyterian Church USA.