Songs of Khayyam
Henk Stoeten
Product ID SON00001525
Composer Henk Stoeten
Duration 12:09 min
Genre Choral
Instrumentation Choir and vocal ensemble
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Songs of Khayyam

Songs of Khayyam

SKU SON00001525
Composer Henk Stoeten
Arranger
Genre Choral
Instrumentation Choir and vocal ensemble
Free description 6part cycle on poetry by Omar Khayyam
Grade 4
Duration 12:09 min
Year 2021

Score

€ 60,00

Program Notes

6part cycle on poetry by Omar Khayyam

1. 
This clay pot like a lover once in heat
A lock of hair his senses did defeat
The handle that has made the bottleneck its own seat
Was once the embrace of a lover that entreat

2.
Khayyam, if you are intoxicated with wine, enjoy!
If you are seated with a lover of thine, enjoy!
In the end, the Void the whole world employ
Imagine thou art not, while waiting in line, enjoy!

3. 
The secrets eternal neither you know nor I
And answers to the riddle neither you know nor I
Behind the veil there is much talk about us, why
When the veil falls, neither you remain nor I.

4. 
At dawn came a calling from the tavern
Hark drunken mad man of the cavern
Arise; let us fill with wine one more turn
Before destiny fills our cup, our urn.

5. 
The grass that grows by every stream
Like angelic smiles faintly gleam
Step gently, cause it not to scream
For it has grown from a lover's dream.

6.
Once upon a time, in a potter's shop
I saw two thousand clay pot and cup
Suddenly a lone pot cried out, "stop!
Where the vendor, buyer, where my prop?"
 

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