It can’t be held [ ... ]
Everything Passes
Song Cycle by Stanley Grill (b. 1953)
1. It can’t be held  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Peter Levitt (b. 1946), copyright ©
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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. O Rose, thou art sick!  [sung text checked 1 time]
O Rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The sick rose", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Experience, no. 9, first published 1794
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La rosa malalta", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "La rose malade", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Die erkrankte Rose", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die kranke Rose", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Elegi", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Больная роза", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Pablo Sabat) , "Elegía"
3. Nothing in the cry  [sung text checked 1 time]
Nothing in the cry [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Sam Hamill (1943 - 2018), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694), as Matsuo Bashō [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. It’s easy to die  [sung text checked 1 time]
It’s easy to die [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Peter Levitt (b. 1946), copyright ©
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