I Am Not Yours
(x-posted at Derrick Writes)
I’m preparing Acappuccino’s classical repertoire for 2011′s concert project and I’m impressed at Randall Z Stroope’s setting of Sara Teasdale’s poem “I Am Not Yours”.
(Makes me wonder if Whitacre will ever touch Teasdale’s writings, because I really like how Teasdale writes about one wanting to be consumed into love.)
The text are as below; followed by the Kokopelli Choir’s performance of the song. (Kokopelli is still my favourite choir.)
I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.Oh plunge me deep in love – put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.
More about the text can be found here.
And paried with Amor De Mi Alma, I’m sure the classical set is going to impact audiences.
Who says love always have to be about the physical state?
Tags: choir, Choral, musings, poetry, Randall Z Stroope, random thoughts, Sara Teasdale, singing
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