Three Songs

by Byron Adams (b. 1955)

1. Green  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The dawn was apple-green,
The sky was green wine held up in the sun,
The moon was a golden petal between.

She opened her eyes, and green
They shone like flowers undone
For the first time, now for the first time seen.

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2. To be sung on the water

Language: English 
Beautiful, my delight, pass, as we pass the wave
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3. Heaven‑Haven  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
     I have desired to go
        Where springs not fail,
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
     And a few lilies blow.

    And I have asked to be
        Where no storms come,
Where the green swell is in the havens dumb,
     And out of the swing of the sea.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , subtitle: "Sie geht ins Kloster", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Total word count: 93