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Freuet euch, ihr lebenden

from Kindertodtenlieder (2020) by Thomas Oboe Lee

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Freuet euch, ihr lebenden,
Liebenden Vereines,
Freut euch freudegebenden
Himmelssonnenscheines!

Und die euch erworbenen,
Die man euch entrissen,
Euere gestorbenen
Sollet ihr nicht missen.

Haltet die entrissenen
In des Lebens Kreisen,
Liebend, ihr beflissenen
Ewig sie zu preisen.

Also mit Lebendigem
Muß sich Todtes gatten,
Schön, wie mit nothwendigem
Wechsel Licht und Schatten.

Schön ists, wenn durch sonnige
Fluren Schatten schweben,
In des Maies sonnige
Glänze Schauer weben.

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Rejoice you, the living
Lovers united,
Glad to be joyful
Sunshine from Heaven!

And the ones that you had,
Were taken away from you,
Your dead ones
You should not miss.

Hold on to the ones taken
From the circles of life,
Loving, you diligent
Forever to praise them.

So the living
Must have dead spouses,
Beautiful, as necessary as
The alternating of light and shadow.

It's nice, when through sunny
Hallways shadows float,
Through May's sunshine
Brilliant rain showers weave.

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from Kindertodtenlieder (2020), released November 13, 2020

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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