Now available for mixed, treble, or male choirs, this original work contains lyric, legato vocal lines which unfold to reveal a subtle interplay between voices, interwoven with piano and an optional obbligato line. The text, an account of two lovers faced with parting, concludes with the yearning refrain, "Stay, or else my joys will die," which gives voice to the dichotomy of the feelings of joy and pain associated with closeness and separation from a loved one.