by Aaron Schaffer (1893 - 1957)
My heart is in the East
Language: English
While I in western lands do pine, My heart is in the East! How can I taste of food and wine When thou art sore oppress'd? How can I vows and oaths repay While Edom Zion holds, While Arab's bond my land doth sway, His chain me tight enfolds? Th'abundance of this Spanish lnd It is but nought to me, If I midst brimming tears Thy strand, Thy ruined strand could see.
Text Authorship:
- by Aaron Schaffer (1893 - 1957) [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 Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "My heart is in the East", 1918. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72