Negro lament , opus 49

by Marius Flothuis (1914 - 2001)

1. Proem

Language: English 
— This text is not currently
in the database but will be added
as soon as we obtain it. —

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view

2. Harlem Night Song  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Come,
Let us roam the night together
Singing.

I love you.

Across
The Harlem roof-tops
Moon is shining.
Night sky is blue.
Stars are great drops
Of golden dew.

Down the street
A band is playing.

I love you.

Come,
Let us roam the night together
Singing.

Text Authorship:

See other settings of this text.

3. Troubled woman  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
She stands
In the quiet darkness,
This troubled woman
Bowed by
Weariness and pain
Like an
Autumn flower
In the frozen rain,
Like a
Wind-blown autumn flower
That never lifts its head
Again.

Text Authorship:

See other settings of this text.

4. The white ones  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I do not hate you,
For your faces are beautiful, too.
I do not hate you,
Your faces are whirling lights of loveliness and splendor, too.
Yet why do you torture me,
O, white strong ones,
Why do you torture me?

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view

5. Roland Hayes beaten (Georgia 1942)  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Negroes,
Sweet and docile,
Meek, humble and kind:
Beware the day
They change their mind!
Wind
In the cotton fields,
Gentle Breeze:
Beware the hour
It uproots trees!

Text Authorship:

  • by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), title 1: "Roland Hayes Beaten", title 2: "Warning"

Go to the general single-text view

6. Epilogue

Language: English 
— This text is not currently
in the database but will be added
as soon as we obtain it. —

Text Authorship:

Go to the general single-text view