Sparks shooting from his eyes [ ... ]
Four Andalusian Love Songs
Song Cycle by Kurt Erickson
1. The rooster
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Cola Franzen (b. 1923), "The rooster", appears in Poems of Arab Andalusia, City Lights Books, first published 1989, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Al-As’ad Ibrāhīm ibn Billītah (flourished 11th century) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Split my heart
Language: English
How I wish I could split my heart [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Cola Franzen (b. 1923), "Split my heart", appears in Poems of Arab Andalusia, City Lights Books, first published 1989, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm (994 - 1063) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Slave boy
Language: English
They shaved his head [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Cola Franzen (b. 1923), "Slave boy", appears in Poems of Arab Andalusia, City Lights Books, first published 1989, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Yūsuf ibn Hārūn al-Ramādī (d. 1022) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Absence
Language: English
Every night I scan [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Cola Franzen (b. 1923), "Absence", appears in Poems of Arab Andalusia, City Lights Books, first published 1989, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059 - 1126) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Total word count: 227