Endless autumn nights, almost unbearably long, are not long enough for one to finally overcome the loneliness of our love
Songs of Love and Longing
Song Cycle by Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)
1. Endless autumn nights  [sung text checked 1 time]
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2. The one who greets me  [sung text checked 1 time]
Late evening finally comes: I unlatch the door and quietly await the one who greets me in my dreams.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Yakamochi Otomo (718 - 785) [text unavailable]
3. Dark seed  [sung text checked 1 time]
Where is the dark seed that grows the forget-you plant? Searching, now I see it grows in the frozen heart of one who has murdered love.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Sosei (c844 - 910)
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Researcher for this text: Michael P Rosewall [Guest Editor]4. Echoes  [sung text checked 1 time]
The soft autumn winds bring echoes of a koto played in the distance. Why must the whispered refrain remind me I love in vain?
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Mibu no Tadamine [text unavailable]
5. Moonless nights  [sung text checked 1 time]
I long for him most during those long moonless nights. I lie awake, hot, the growing fires of passion bursting, blazing in my heart.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Ono no Komachi (c825 - c900) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Michael P Rosewall [Guest Editor]6. The bashful moon  [sung text checked 1 time]
I worried: might you come here; might I go there; might we meet again? Then, at last, the basful moon: I slept with my door unlatched.
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7. From this world  [sung text checked 1 time]
I cannot ask you when, exactly, you plan to leave. Surely, when you go, like a single drop of dew I will vanish from this world.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Total word count: 165