Chanting to Paradise

Song Cycle by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964)

Translated to:

French (Français) — En chantant au Paradis

1.
(Sung text)

Language: English

Pass to thy Rendezvous of Light,
Pangless except for us -
Who slowly ford the Mystery
Which thou hast leaped across!

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2.
(Sung text)

Language: English

Dying at my music!
Bubble! Bubble!
Hold me till the Octave's run!
Quick! Burst the Windows!
Ritardando!
Phials left, and the Sun!

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

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3.
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Language: English

Blazing in gold and quenching in Purple,
Leaping like Leopards to the Sky
Then at the feet of the old Horizon
Laying her spotted Face to die;
Stooping as low as the Otter's Window,
Touching the Roof and tinting the Barn,
Kissing her Bonnet to the Meadow, --
And the Juggler of Day is gone.

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4.
(Sung text)

Language: English

Wild nights! -- Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile -- the Winds --
To a heart in port, --
Done with the Compass, --
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden --
Ah! the Sea!
Might I but moor -- Tonight --
In thee!

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1891

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5.
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Language: English

Bind me -- I still can sing
Banish -- my mandolin
Strikes true within --.

Slay -- and my Soul shall rise
Chanting to Paradise --
Still thine.

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody

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Total word count: 163

Chanting to Paradise

Song Cycle by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964)

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