by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Circle of Life
Language: English
Everything the Power of the world does is done in a circle. The sky is round and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball and so are all the stars. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always come back where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so is everything where Power moves.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Thomas F. Schubert (b. 1961), "Circle of Life", from Circle of Life - Songs and Hymns based on Spiritual Texts, Wisdom and Poetry of the Native American People, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Thomas F. Schubert) , "Lebenskreis", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Maria Nimmerfall
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 104