The Springtime of Lovers
Date:
2022
Ensemble:
SATB a capella
Duration:
2'30
An adpatation of a poem by Rumi, which reflects the mystical and symbolic language common in Sufi poetry. It encapsulates his central themes of love, transformation, and the search for the divine. I kept the music very straightforward, with only a slight twist at the end as "the body becomes wholly soul".
The springtime of Lovers has come,
that this dust bowl may become a garden;
the word of heaven has come,
that the bird of the soul may rise in flight.
the sea marsh becomes sweet as light,
the stone becomes a ruby from the mine,
the body becomes wholly soul.
For only from the heart can you touch the sky
that this dust bowl may become a garden;
the word of heaven has come,
that the bird of the soul may rise in flight.
the sea marsh becomes sweet as light,
the stone becomes a ruby from the mine,
the body becomes wholly soul.
For only from the heart can you touch the sky