Art: Abandoned by Luigi Nono~
Softly, I will leave you softly
For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go
So I leave you softly, long before you miss me
Long before your arms can beg me stay
For one more hour or one more day
After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall
So, softly as I leave you there
(Softly, long before you kiss me)
(Long before your arms can beg me stay)
(For one more hour) or one more day
After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall
So, softly as I leave you there
As I leave I you there
As I leave I you there
Softly, I will leave you softly
For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go
So I leave you softly, long before you miss me
Long before your arms can beg me stay
For one more hour or one more day
After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall
So, softly as I leave you there
(Softly, long before you kiss me)
(Long before your arms can beg me stay)
(For one more hour) or one more day
After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall
So, softly as I leave you there
As I leave I you there
As I leave I you there
~
Writers: Hal Shaper and Antonio DeVita and Giorgio Calabrese
Writers: Hal Shaper and Antonio DeVita and Giorgio Calabrese
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These are the lyrics to one of the most tender songs I know. If you would like to hear it scroll down to my music player and click on song 104.
It was written about a man who is dying of cancer...which makes it all the more tender.
I first heard it as when I was young and have loved for many years...enjoy.
2 comments:
Sniff. Sniff. Very moving and tender. Sniff.
Last week was the eighth year anniversary of our brother's passing. And here I am missing him weeping. This poem is very moving--such tenderness--like the song of a cello. Tenderness and tears.
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