Elliott Goldkind - 3 Rumi Songs for Soprano, Alto and Baritone Voices

Описание: Three settings of poems by Rumi. Performed by Holly Sedillos (sop), Laura Smith Roethe (alto), and Steve Pence (bar). Recorded at unSUNg, Glendale, CA, August 21, 2016.

0:00 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
2:14 Behind The Scenes
4:37 My Burning Heart

Come, Come, Whoever You Are

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times.
Come, yet again , come , come.

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Behind The Scenes

Is it your face
that adorns the garden?
Is it your fragrance
that intoxicates this garden?
Is it your spirit
that has made this brook
a river of wine?
Hundreds have looked for you
and died searching
in this garden
where you hide behind the scenes.
But this pain is not for those
who come as lovers.
You are easy to find here.
You are in the breeze
and in this river of wine.

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My Burning Heart

My heart is burning with love
All can see this flame
My heart is pulsing with passion
like waves on an ocean
my friends have become strangers
and I'm surrounded by enemies
But I'm free as the wind
no longer hurt by those who reproach me
I'm at home wherever I am
And in the room of lovers
I can see with closed eyes
the beauty that dances
Behind the veils
intoxicated with love
I too dance the rhythm
of this moving world
I have lost my senses
in my world of lovers