NARESH SOHAL Songs o Desire Coyright: Naresh Sohal London K
Songs o Desire Words y Raindranath Tagore My desires are many and my cry is itiul, ut ever didst thou save me y hard reusals; and this strong mercy has een rought into my lie through and through Day y day thou art making me orthy o the simle, great gits that thou gavest to me unasked; this sky and the light, this ody, this lie and this mind, saving me rom erils o overmuch desire There are times hen I languidly linger and times hen I aaken and hurry to search o my goal; ut cruelly thou hidest thysel rom eore me Day y day thou art making me orthy o thy ull accetance y reusing me ever and anon, saving me rom erils o eak, uncertain desire I am here to sing thee songs In this hall o thine I have a corner seat In thy orld I have no ork to do My useless lie can only reak out in tunes ithout a urose When the hour strikes or thy silent orshi at the dark temle o midnight, command me my master to stand eore thee to sing When in the morning air, the golden har is tuned, honour me, commanding my resence I II III I have had my invitation to this orld s estival and thus my lie has een lessed My eyes have seen and my ears have heard It as my art to lay uon my instrument and I have done all I could No I ask has the time come at last hen I may go in and see thy ace and oer thee my silent salutation World remiere o Song I, th o anuary 1999 at Bhaha Auditorium, Mumai y atricia Rozario and Mark Troo K remier on 6 th March 1999 y the same artists World remier o all three songs at Dartington International Summer estival on 5 th uly 006 in the Great Hall y Sally Silver and eremy Silver
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5 5 or - shi at the n dark tem - le o mid - nigh - t tem - le o mi - d - nigh - 19 57 57 t tem - le o mi - d - nigh - r n t mi - d - nigh - - - - 60 60 65 65 my mas - imlorantẹ te - r Ï declamando R R n t co - mmand me co - mmand me co - mmand m - y mas - te - r me m - y - - - mas -
0 70 70 76 76 81 81 te - r to hall o thine stan - d e - ore I am meditativo thee here to sing thee I have a cor - ner sea - t to son - gs si - - - sim ng n In this 85 85
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10 10 sen - - - 109 109 ce com - I am man - ding n my here to sing thee re - sence π son - - - - - - - - sim 11 11 gs n n
Raindranath Tagore Songs o Desire No Naresh Sohal Sorano c Moderato Ú 7 meditativo I have had my c sim iano c meditativo sim 5 i - n - vi - ta - tio - n to this orl - d's es - ti - va - l 5 n n 9 and thus my li - - - e has een le - ssed 9 n n n 00 The Music roduction Co Ltd
1 1 18 18 eyes have see - n and my e - n ars have n My hea - rd Ó My e - yes have see - n and my e - ars have hea - rd n 7 7 â ä
0 5 0 as ( ) my a - - - n n n rt my a - rt to I - - - t n n sim lay u - 8 ( ) 8 n on my n n n done all I ( ) ins - tru - men - - - t n n cou - ld all I n n n and n cou - ld all I n n I have cou - ld
6 6 loco 6 n n 50 imlorante 50 No I a - sk No I 5 a - sk has the ti - me co - me at la - st hen I n may 5 n 58 go in and see thy ace and o - er thee my 58
6 7 6 66 si - lent sa - lu - ta - n tio - - n 66 () 70 70 () 7 a - sk No I lv al niente â ä a - sk has the time come Ó No last hen I may go in and see thy ace and oer thee my silent salutations I ad li soken at 7