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The Sage and the Peacock
Andrey Stolyarov
This art song, commissioned by Sara Mellas for her senior vocal recital at the Hartt School in 2014, is a setting of a Rumi text. The powerful words tell a story of breaking away from the bonds of self-doubt and past trauma to embrace the … Read More
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This art song, commissioned by Sara Mellas for her senior vocal recital at the Hartt School in 2014, is a setting of a Rumi text. The powerful words tell a story of breaking away from the bonds of self-doubt and past trauma to embrace the beauty of what is possible in life. The song, while set originally for mezzo soprano, can be sung by tenor as well.
Vocal Range - B3 - A5
Text:
Maulana Jalau-'D-Din, Book V, Story III - "The Sage and the
Peacock"
by Muhammad Rumi
Translation by E.H. Whinfield
Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face?
Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself!
It is the claws of thine own foolish thoughts
That in spite wound the face of thy quiet soul.
Know such thoughts to be claws fraught with poison,
Which score deep wounds on the face of thy soul.
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Ah! O peacock, give up this life and live anew!
In view of God's changes cast away your life!
Choose the new, give up the old,
For each single present year is better than three past.