Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Song of the Thunder
Language: English after the Navajo
The voice that beautifies the land! The voice that beautifies the land! The voice above, The voice of thunder Within the dark cloud, Again and again it sounds, The voice that beautifies the land! The voice that beautifies the land! The voice that beautifies the land! The voice below, The voice of the grasshopper Among the plants, Again and again it sounds, The voice that beautifies the land!
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Navajo from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Song of the Thunder", 2006 [ male voice, female voice, amplified piano, and percussion ], from Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-06-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 68