by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Wind thine arms round me, woman of...
Language: English
Wind thine arms round me, woman of sorcery, While the lascivious music murmurs afar: I will close mine eyes, and dream as I dance with thee, And pass away from the world where my sorrows are. Faster and faster! strike the harps in the hall! Woman, I fear that this dance is the dance of death! Faster!-- ah, I am faint... and, ah, I fall. The distant music mournfully murmureth...
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Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Wind thine arms", 1989, first performed 1991 [baritone and piano], from Shine and Dark, no. 6, Schott Music [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Peter Schoene
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 70