IN WIND THEY CLEAVE
for Soprano, Baritone, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion Instruments
Text by STEVEN ROSS SMITH
2 0 0 8
First Publication: Nov 1st, 2008
Total Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Wang Jie Music, ASCAP PO Box 299
New York, NY 10025
Date of printing: Nov 6th, 2008
Contact Wang Jie: 917-536-7217
IN WIND THEY CLEAVE
By Steven Ross Smith
Wind laments, Beside the greening groaning trees
Winds lament
Windows scattered moonlight
Orange suns by night
Blue birds by day kisses taste excites
Wind shudders my skin
A lovely leaf she clings
A strong branch I reach
Through the stem that links our hearts
Winds lament
Winds caressed my skin
A lovely leaf I clung
A string branch he reached
Thorough his stem linked our hearts
Wind links our hearts
A fire’s been lit
A warming flame
She trembles with desire
With fright, she fears the light
A fire was lit
A forest burning wild
Burning burning
She panics
Flees the heat
She fled!
Burning burning burning
Un-twine! Un-twine! Un-twine!
In wind they cleave
He stumbled in the gloom
I shouted to the moon
Until my throat grew raw
Until his lips grew dry with salt
Until the echoes halted
A lovely leaf I clung
A strong branch he reached
He held me in the light I shone a gleam so bold
In wind we cleave
Her glance turns back
In her pale tearless eye
Forever his reflection
Wind has flown
Flown
Ross Smith
IN WIND THEY CLEAVE
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