This is Nirvana; Yussouf's song to Almona (Bowles, set by (Harry Thacker Burleigh)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

This is Nirvana; Yussouf's song to...

Language: English

Never forgotten that one day,
Never forgotten Love's sweet way!
Cruel was Fate;
Not yet too late,
Never shall Fate now say us "Nay."

Is it a dream? Never to part!
Shall I awake with sudden start,
Never to know
You lov'd me so;
Never to know your gentle heart?

Now is the day with beauty rife,
Peace after war, calm after strife;
Fate was unkind,
Fate now is blind;
This is Nirvana! This is life!

Authorship

by Frederick G. Bowles [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 Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "This is Nirvana; Yussouf's song to Almona", 1905, published 1914 [ high voice and piano ], from Saracen Songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-01-08
Line count: 15
Word count: 76