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by Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059 - 1126)
Translation © by Cola Franzen (b. 1923)

Absence
 (Sung text for setting by K. Erickson)
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Language: English  after the Arabic (العربية) 
Every night I scan
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Composition:

    Set to music by Kurt Erickson , "Absence", 2013, first performed 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Four Andalusian Love Songs, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Cola Franzen (b. 1923), "Absence", appears in Poems of Arab Andalusia, City Lights Books, first published 1989, copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059 - 1126) [text unavailable]
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