I. Of Wine (Allegro)
II. To Me My Myrrh (Adagio)
III. Honey-Stuck (Scherzo)
IV. The Old Song (Pizzicato)
V. The Wild Lands (Allegro Furioso)
VI. Breeze-You (Andante)
Program Notes
Hebrew from the Tanakh {literal translation in brackets}
English poetic transformations by the composer
(KJV English included for reference)
V. THE WILD LANDS (3:6-10)
Who?
from the wild lands of love
rise pillars of smoke
smelling like the incense
of a seller of scents:
myrrh
musk
Who?
Sixty masters
Solomon's men
Masters of Yis'rael
Kulam achuzei cherev {all-of•them ones-holding-of sword}
Sabers at their sides
to battle fear of the night
apiri'on asah lo {sedan-litter he-made for•him}
Hamelech Shəlomoh {the•king Solomon}
me'atsei haləvanon {from•woods-of the•Lebanon}
A chariot for King Solomon
pillars of silver
seated in gold
covered in purple
but made of Love
made of his love for the
daughters of Jerusalem
me'atsei halivanon {from•woods-of the•Lebanon}
mibənot Yərushalam {from•daughters-of Jerusalem}
Who?
from the wild lands of love
rise pillars of smoke
Who?
Hamelech Sh'lomoh
(KJV English:
3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh
and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of
Israel.
3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh
because of fear in the night.
3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of
purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.)
