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Sunset is terribly sad.<br> | Sunset is terribly sad.<br> | ||
I saw you stand tall against the red and the gold like a slender palm;<br> | I saw you stand tall against the red and the gold like a slender palm;<br> | ||
The light wind stirred your hair as you waved | The light wind stirred your hair as you waved your hand,<br> | ||
Waved farewell, as ever, serene and calm,<br> | Waved farewell, as ever, serene and calm,<br> | ||
to me, the passionwearied and tost and torn,<br> | to me, the passionwearied and tost and torn,<br> | ||
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CPDL #12312:
- Editor: Huub de Lange (added 2006-08-14). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 103 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The gold forlorn
Composer: Huub de Lange
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsongs
Language: English
Instruments: Choir/piano
Published: 2006
Description: #3 from Indian Love Songs, a new composition on traditional Indian poetry - translated into english by Laurence Hope (1865-1904)
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Original text and translations
English text
The sudden thought of your face is like a wound when it comes unsought
On some scent of jasmin, lilies, or pale tuberose,
Any one of the sweet fragrant flowers,
Flowers I used to love and lay in your hair.
Sunset is terribly sad.
I saw you stand tall against the red and the gold like a slender palm;
The light wind stirred your hair as you waved your hand,
Waved farewell, as ever, serene and calm,
to me, the passionwearied and tost and torn,
Riding down the road in the gathering grey.
Since that day the sunset red is empty,
the gold forlorn.
(Lines from "Reminiscence of Mahomed Akram")