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Dance in your Blood

Song Cycle by Parisa Sabet (b. 1980)

Publisher: Plangere Editions (external link)

1.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Sit, be still, and listen,
because you’re drunk
and we’re at
the edge of the sky.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207 - 1273) [text unavailable]
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2.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest,
where no-one sees you,
but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Coleman Barks (1937 - 2026)

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3.
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Language: English 
Dance, when you’re broken open
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Coleman Barks (1937 - 2026), copyright ©

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Total word count: 78
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