Play
it
slowly
adagio
slow, ma non troppo
play it in the time of a slow waltz
“music is the best means we have of digesting time”
And
now
play it
andante
at a walking pace
alla marcia, in march time
“music is the best means we have of digesting time”
Play
it
in time
a tempo
e ben marcato
animato, giocoso
“music is the best means we have of digesting time”
Sem-
per
singing
dolente
con passione
amoroso, cantabile
“music is the best means we have of digesting time”
Then
con
brio
vivace
a piacere
all shall have fun making music
“music is the best means we have of digesting time”
„Per me si va nella città dolente…”
Dante Alighieri
You haven’t forgotten
you won’t forget…
In ices is swelling
the river again and trawling
roots and weeds,
and foam.
It leaves the shores bent,
mirrors,
swamps and frost.
But on the day
it kindles a glow.
With movements
spiral of
the hands,
I’m folding the air
after the beasts –
to that one threshold
(what does it say
no, I don’t know.
And the death ones leave.
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