I Will Sing to the Stars

Song Cycle by Michael John Trotta (b. 1978)

1. Joy  [sung text not yet checked]

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I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
      I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
      Now at last I can die!

I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
      I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
      Now at last I can live!

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wonne", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Peace  [sung text not yet checked]

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Peace flows into me
      As the tide to the pool by the shore;
      It is mine forevermore,
It [ebbs not back]1 like the sea.

I am the pool of blue
      That worships the vivid sky;
      My hopes were heaven-high,
They are all fulfilled in you.

I am the pool of gold
      When sunset burns and dies, --
      You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold.

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1 DiOrio: "will not ebb"

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3. Dusk  [sung text not yet checked]

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Evening, and all the birds
      In a chorus of shimmering sound
Are easing their hearts of joy
      For miles around.

The air is blue and sweet,
      The few first stars are white,--
Oh let me like the birds
      Sing before night.

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Total word count: 171