6 Mirabai Songs

Song Cycle by John H. Harbison (b. 1938)

1. It's true, I went to the market
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
My friend, I went to the market and bought the Dark One
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  • by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©

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2. All I was doing was breathing
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Something has reached out and taken in the beams of my eyes
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  • by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©

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3. Why Mira can't go back to her old house
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The colors of the Dark One have penetrated Mira's body, all the other colors washed out
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4. Where did you go
 (Sung text)

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Where did you go, Holy One, after you left my body?
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  • by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©

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5. The clouds  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
When I saw the dark clouds, I wept, O Dark One, I wept at the dark clouds
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6. Don't go, don't go
 (Sung text)

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Don't go, don't go
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