Prayer to the young moon
Language: English
Young Moon!
Hail, Young Moon!
Hail, hail,
Young Moon!
Young Moon! speak to me!
Hail, hail,
Young Moon!
Tell me of something.
Hail, hail!
When the sun rises,
Thou must speak to me,
That I may eat something.
Thou must speak to me about a little thing,
That I may eat.
Hail, hail,
Young Moon!
W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, Specimens of Bushman Folklore, 1911
Text Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Prayer to the young moon" [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 John Peterson (b. 1957), "Prayer to the young moon", 2016 [ soprano and piano ], from Songs for the moon, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 55