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Cederberg-Orreteg, Anna
SSAA, solo singer or alto recorder and soundbox or singing bowl
Commissioned by Göteborg Girls Choir and Birgitta Mannerström-Molin.
PRONUNCIATION GUIDES
IPA phonetics
Audio
My soul can impart and know no truth
my soul can only cry and laugh and wring its hands;
my soul cannot recall and defend
my soul cannot consider and confirm.
When I was a child I saw the ocean: it was blue
in my youth I met a flower: she was red
now a stranger sits beside me: he is colourless
but I fear him no more than the damsel fears the dragon.
When the knight came the damsel was red and white
but I have dark circles under my eyes.
(translated into English by Nicholas Lawrence)
