Thursday 12 December 2013

Translation of the lyrics in the two classical dance-sequences The Melody of Rocks



The Melody of Rocks

It's me who lives in your heart
It's me who you hold in your arms
Here on this earth and there in heaven--
I know, none dwells there but you and I.
Let's we too vanish; and let there be none.

The light of the dawn and the light in your eyes
Is none but me. 
Open your eyes and  the little image shining  in the iris will be me.
I am the language of all that is true.
Your chisel knows how to translate me
  into a sculpted image in stone.

This evening wavering between twilight and dark
is drunk with love . Listen, it's calling you, my love.
These are the rocks you see before your eyes
standing abandoned in the wilderness  of hills.
Bring them to life with the chisel in your hand. 
Let the sculptor's. hand touch them and make them speak, 
and write his lyrics 
on the dark surfaces of their stony hearts,.
seek out their language,
and then, the wilderness will wake up and sing to the forest 
the melody of rocks.

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