© by Michel Khalil Hélayel (b. 1942)
Translation by Laura Cerven
Song Has a Bird for Rhythm
Language: English after the Arabic (العربية)
Song has a bird for rhythm Song lives in blue sky Birds never abandon song Song birds who carry story lines from our hands Birds who record their symphonies in the seeds of days to come Song is the rhythm of the wind Song birds who carry story lines from our hands Birds who record their symphonies in the seeds of days to come The high seas of nostalgia Song runs through the veins Beats in the ground of words Song has a bird for rhythm Song lives in blue sky Birds never abandon song Is not the future in song?
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Michel Khalil Hélayel (b. 1942), copyright © [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Giselle Wyers (b. 1969), "Song Has a Bird for Rhythm", copyright © 2023 [ satb chorus and piano and strings ad libitum ], Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 101