Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics

Song Cycle by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941)

1. Lady Murasaki Shikibu
 (Sung text)

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Someone passes
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2. Lady Kasa
 (Sung text)

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I love and fear him
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3. Lady Kasa (II)
 (Sung text)

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I dreamed I held
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4. Lady Otomo No Sakanoe
 (Sung text)

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Do not smile to yourself
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5. Lady Suo
 (Sung text)

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That spring night I spent
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6. Lady Horikawa
 (Sung text)

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Will he always love me?
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7. Lady Ukon
 (Sung text)

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It does not matter
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8. Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (II)
 (Sung text)

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You say, "I will come."
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9. Lady Akazome Emon
 (Sung text)

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I should not have waited
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10. The Mother of the Commander Michitsuna
 (Sung text)

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Have you any idea
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11. The Poetess Ono No Komachi
 (Sung text)

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Imperceptible
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12. Lady Izumi Shikibu
 (Sung text)

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I go out of the darkness
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13. Lady Izumi Shikibu (II)
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Will I cease to be
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Total word count: 260