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)
VI. BREEZE-YOU (4:16)
uri tsafon {rouse-you! north-wind}
uvoi teiman {and•come-you! south-wind}
hafichi gani {blow-breeze-you! garden-of•me}
rouse you north wind!
come you south wind!
breeze you garden of me!
hafichi gani {blow-breeze-you! garden-of•me}
yavo ləgano {he-shall-come to•garden-of•him}
dodi {darling-of•me}
dodi
dodi
(KJV English:
4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden…
Let my beloved come into his garden… )
