Awake / Sleep Serenade
Language: English
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. I sleep, but my heart waketh:
Authorship
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Song of Songs of Solomon (Canticum Canticorum Salomonis); or Canticle of Canticles, Song of Songs 3:1-2 [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 Trevor Weston (b. 1967), "Awake / Sleep Serenade", 2002 [soprano and organ], from Love Senses, no. 4. [ sung text not verified ]
Research team for this text: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Trevor Weston
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-14
Line count: 7
Word count: 58