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Tief im Waldesgrund und im Felsenthal

from Kindertodtenlieder (2020) by Thomas Oboe Lee

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Tief im Waldesgrund
Und im Felsenthal
Laut mit Herz und Mund
Ruf ich tausendmal:
Kinder, seid ihr da?
        „Da!”
Wo denn da? „Da! da!”

Dunkles Waldgesträuch
Trennet euch von mir,
Nicht erblick’ ich euch,
Aber sagt, ob ihr
Fern seid oder nah?
        „Nah!”
Wie denn nah? „Nah, nah!”

Wollt ihr nah mir seyn,
Wo ihr fern auch seid?
Immer bleiben mein
Eine Lust im Leid?
Mein? Nein oder Ja?
        „Ja!”
Immer ja? „Ja, ja!”

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Deep in the forest floor
And in rocky valley
Loud with heart and mouth
I call a thousand times:
Children, are you there?
        "There!"
Where exactly? "There! there!"

Dark forest bushes
Separate you from me,
I don't see you,
But say if you
Are you far or close?
        "Close!"
How close? "Close, close!"

Do you want to be close to me
Wherever you are?
Always stay mine
A lust for suffering?
Mine? No or yes?
        "Yes!"
Always yes? "Yes / Yes!”

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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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