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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

GAWA
Language: English 
Look at me,
See me.
For billions of years, I have been feeding and giving and renewing.
You have received from me everything that you now think that you don't need,
Everything that you are now neglecting, everything that is now withering.
Notice me,
Feel me.
Stressed and pressed between screens in your cities,
Go out into nature, come to me.
The peaceful meadow, the flourishing tree, the singing bird in the treetop -
They will not wait forever behind your screen. Come out now and become part
of me.
Love me,
and I will love you,
And again, I will give you everything and we will flourish anew.

The text of GAWA was written by 12-year-old Mika of Mike (Israel).

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Ying Wang (b. 1976), "GAWA", 2021, first performed 2021 [ voice ]
        Score: GAWA [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-10-26
Line count: 15
Word count: 108

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