Listen to it rain, listen to it rain [ ... ]
Where Grief Slumbers
Song Cycle by Earl Kim (1920 - 1998)
1. Listen to it rain [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Du coton dans les oreilles", appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in Obus couleur de lune
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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. from Drunken Boat [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
I have seen the low sun (stained) with mystic signs [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Le bâteau ivre"
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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. It's raining [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
it's raining women's voices as if they were dead even in memory [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Il pleut", appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in Ondes, first published 1916
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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. Ophelia [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
On the calm black water where the stars sleep [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Ophélie"
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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.5. The Farewell [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
I picked this spray of Heather [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Adieu", written 1903, appears in Alcools, first published 1913
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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.6. The Departure [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
And their faces grew pale [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Départ", written 1915, appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in La tête étoilée, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1918
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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.7. The girl with orange lips [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
At the (edge) of the forest [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), appears in Les Illuminations
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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: 454