Now touch the air softly
Music: Calvin Bowman (1972 - )
Text: William Jay Smith
Now touch the air softly, step gently. One, two...
I’ll love you till roses are robin’s-egg blue;
I’ll love you till gravel is eaten for bread,
And lemons are orange, and lavender’s red.
Now touch the air softly, swing gently the broom.
I’ll love you till windows are all of a room;
And the table is laid, and the table is bare,
And the ceiling reposes on bottomless air.
I’ll love you till Heaven rips the stars from his coat,
And the Moon rows away in a glass-bottomed boat;
And Orion steps down like a diver below,
And Earth is ablaze, and Ocean aglow.
So touch the air softly, and swing the broom high.
We will dust the gray mountains, and sweep the blue sky;
And I’ll love you as long as the furrow the plow,
As However is Ever, and Ever is Now.
Emma Mathews
Paul McMahon
Australian composer, Calvin Bowman (1972 - )
Robert Burns의 "A Red, Red Rose"를 닮은 시어에 쓴 오스트랄리아의
젊은 작곡가 Calvin Bowman의 곡이다.
그의 작곡 스타일로 그는 "Schubert of the South"라는 명성을 얻는다.
"Schubert of North Germany"라 불리던 Carl Loewe에 버금가는 찬사인데..
7/14/18 musicgarden