by Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) and by Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965)
Language: English
Basses
Wa ya you you
wa wa yao
ya ha ha ha you
You belong to the night, you belong to the night, etc.
Soprano
I rise
I always rise after the crucifixion
Basses
Dark! oh ... hm
Soprano
o a o a oo a oo oo hm
Bread and the wafer
Basses
Womb and seed and egg
wailing of the unborn
Soprano
Perfume and sperm I have lost my brother ah
Basses
oomp'ts'oomp'ts, etc.
It grows again
faces in the windows
one window without light
oomp'ts'oomp'ts'oomp'ts
Soprano
Dark Dark Dark asleep asleep
Basses
Hm
ha ha you hoo hoorn
Soprano
Floating floating again
aoaoao
oooo
Basses
Ha ha hm
Soprano
ppf
Basses
wha ho
ya whoo whoo sh
ga ra ya ga ra ya ga ra ha hoo
ba you ba a ba ee ba ba you boo pss
Soprano
Crucifixion
Basses
Crucifixion
Shadow of death
Soprano
I kissed his shadow.
Note: phrases from Nin's The House of Incest, published 1936, and phonetic syllables by Varèse.
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
Composition:
- Set to music by Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965), "Nocturnal", 1961
Text Authorship:
- by Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977)
- by Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965)
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Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 49
Word count: 151