Cloudburst

The concert is coming up soon! I'm pretty pumped about it. I have to get Cloudburst memorised though, which is a bummer, it's a bit long. But I think it's quite manageable. I have to say, I have only just started, and I'm only on page 3 out of 12... lol Yes, I'm getting a bit desperate! But all ist gut.

Anyway, this is the text for the music.

Cloudburst
El cántaro roto

La lluvia...

Ojos de aqua de sombra,
ojos de agua de pozo,
ojos de aqua de sueńo.

Soles azules, verdes remolinos,
picos de luz que abren astros
como granadas.

Dime, tierra quemada, no hay aqua?
hay sólo sangre, sólo hay polvo,
sólo pisadas de pies desnudos sobre
la espina?

La lluvia despierta...

Hay que domir con los ojos abiertos,
hay que soñar con les manos,
soñemos sueños activos de río buscando
su cauce,
sueños de sol soñando sus mundos,
hay que soñar en voz alta,
hay que cantar hasta que el canto eche,
raíces, tronco ramas pájaros, astros,
hay que desenterrar la palabra perida,
recordar lo que dicen la sangre y la marea,
le tierra y el cuerpo,
volver al punto de partida...

Octavio Paz, adapted by Eric Whitacre


Cloudburst
The broken water‐jar

The rain...

Eyes of shadow‐water,
eyes of well water,
eyes of dream‐water.

Blue suns, green whirlwinds,
birdbeaks of light pecking open
pomegranate stars.

But tell me, burnt earth, is there no
water?
Only blood, only dust,
only naked footsteps on the thorns?

The rain awakens…

We must sleep with open eyes,
we must dream with our hands,
we must dream the dreams of a river
seeking its course,
of the sun dreaming its worlds,
we must dream aloud,
we must sing till the song puts forth roots,
trunk, branches birds, stars,
we must find the lost word,
and remember what the blood,
the tides, the earth, and the body say,
and return to the point of departure...

Translation by Lysander Kemp(From spanishpoems2.blogspot.com)

Quite an intriguing poem hey? I love it, especially when it's combined the music, it's really quite beautiful.

Anyway, learnt a bit of Svenska again. Jag försöker lära mig svenska. I feel like a 5 yo kid.

Man talar svenska i Sverige. Men, jag vill tala engelska i Sverige. För att jag pratar inte Svenska. Jag kan bara tala engelska och indonesiska. Så, var snäll och hjälp mig T_T