Tongue of the Invisible

Song Cycle by Liza Lim (b. 1966)

1. At dawn I heard the tongue of the invisible
 (Sung text)

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Swept up at every meeting
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  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390), as Hāfiẓ Shīrazī, Shams al-din Muḥammad [text unavailable]

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2. Between the pages of the world (I)
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— Tacet —

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3. This door is the mouth of love
 (Sung text)

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This door is the mouth of love
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4. Between the pages of the world (II)
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The rose flowers for a day only
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5. The roots of the world are entwined in the wind
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— Tacet —

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6. Between the pages of the world (III)

— Tacet —

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7. Encircling its towers with a silver coronet of song
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At dawn/ I heard the tongue of the invisible
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8. Our embraces are a banquet of revolving time
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Think how the cypress measures the breeze
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