The full lyrics to the song we are performing in choir: Winter. It's so unbelievably beautiful, so unbelievable sad... I have to refrain from crying every time we sing it. (Which irks me now, because we never sing it. Let me cry, o wonderous song! Now if only our teacher would let us...)
~ Winter ~
Come close to me, oh companion of my full life;
Come close to me and let not Winter's touch
Enter between us. Sit by me before the hearth,
For fire is the only fruit of Winter.
Speak to me of the glory of your heart, for
That is greater than the shrieking elements
Beyond our door.
Bind the door and seal the transoms, for the
Angry countenance of the heaven depresses my
Spirit, and the face of our snow-laden fields
Makes my soul cry.
Feed the lamp with oil and let it not dim, and
Place it by you, so I can read with tears what
Your life with me has written upon your face.
Bring Autumn's wine. Let us drink and sing the
Song of remembrance to Spring's carefree sowing,
And Summer's watchful tending, and Autumn's
Reward in harvest.
Come close to me, oh beloved of my soul; the
Fire is cooling and fleeing under the ashes.
Embrace me, for I fear loneliness; the lamp is
Dim, and the wine which we pressed is closing
Our eyes. Let us look upon each other before
They are shut.
Find me with your arms and embrace me; let
Slumber then embrace our souls as one.
Kiss me, my beloved, for Winter has stolen
All but our moving lips.
You are close by me, My Forever.
How deep and wide will be the ocean of Slumber,
And how recent was the dawn!
There is a line that is not here, but is in the song...
Come beloved, fear no more the slumber of winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHr8KiAmlCU&feature=PlayList&p=C20A5018E40121B9&index=1&playnext=10&playnext_from=PL
You can hear the sadness of parting, the happiness of knowing you've spent your life with the dearest person... the panic when you know the end is near... the acceptance that what will come, will come.
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