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© by Tricia Postle

Arabesque
Language: English 
Your eyes are dark sometimes,
Wanting to trust;
Smiling, showing
An outline of colour,
Muted and dim behind;
O my eye.
Your mouth is joyful
Sometimes, and the light
Floods back across your face;
A clear, passing moment,
When wanting is no ache;
O my light, o my eye.
The moon shows her face 
Sometimes, from behind
A storm of clouds, passing;
An outline, a moment that turns,
That leaves an ache behind;
O my moon, o my light, o my eye.
The four chambers beat
Sometimes, combining
In perfect chorus,
Flooded with longing,
Their centre, yours and mine;
O my heart, o my moon, o my light, o my eye.

Text Authorship:

  • by Tricia Postle , copyright © by Tricia Postle, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Derek Holman (b. 1931), "Arabesque", 1994, first performed 1995 [ soprano and piano ], from Ash Roses, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 111

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