Six Poems From the Japanese

Song Cycle by Karólína Eiríksdóttir (b. 1951)

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I said in my dream
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Set by Karólína Eiríksdóttir (b. 1951), 1977 [ soprano, flute and violoncello ]
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Confirmed with Kenneth Rexroth, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, p.96


1. This world of ours  [sung text not yet checked]

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This world of ours,
To what shall I compare it?
To the white wake of a boat
That rows away in the early dawn.

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6. The purity of the moonlight  [sung text not yet checked]

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The purity of the moonlight
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Confirmed with Kenneth Roth, One Hundred Poems From the Japanese, New York, Directions Publishing Company, 1964.


Total word count: 63