3. A Still Pool
from Asian Sketches
Robert Charles Howard
A Still Pool is the third movement in a cappella work called Asian Sketches. It is scored for SSA voices. Recording, by permission of the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus (Philip Barnes, conductor from the SLCC CD "Singing St. Louis". Recording …
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A Still Pool is the third movement in a cappella work called Asian Sketches. It is scored for SSA voices. Recording, by permission of the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus (Philip Barnes, conductor from the SLCC CD "Singing St. Louis". Recording may not be used or copied except by prior licensing from SLCC. www.chamberchorus.org
Text:
They say there is a still pool
even in the middle of the rushing whirlpool,
Why is there none in the whirlpool of my love?
If it were possible to give away my life
in exchange for your love,
how easy a thing Death would be!
Like the ice which melts when spring be-gins
not leaving a trace behind
May your heart melt towards me!
Can this world from of old
always have been so sad,
Or did it become so for the sake of me alone?
They say there is a still pool
even in the middle of the rushing whirlpool,
Why is there none in the whirlpool of my love?
If it were possible to give away my life
in exchange for your love,
how easy a thing Death would be!
Like the ice which melts when spring be-gins
not leaving a trace behind
May your heart melt towards me!
Can this world from of old
always have been so sad,
Or did it become so for the sake of me alone?