Nirvana - 1900

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia

I have come from the silent forest,
My beautiful Lotos flow'r,
And I stand in the garden sighing,
It is the lovers' hour.
Thy sisters the lotos blossoms,
They ope to the moon above;
Open thy window, beloved,
And let me tell my love,
Open thy window, beloved,
And let me tell my love,
let me tell my love,
I have knelt in the mighty temples,
But the dumb gods make no sign;
They cannot speak to my spirit,
As thy soul speaks to mine.
And the priests talk of Nirvana,
And weave their mystic charms,
I only know Nirvana
Within thy loving arms,
I only know Nirvana
Within thy loving arms,
thy loving arms.
And the lotos flow'r will perish,
The stars turn cold and gray,
The dumb gods will be shattered,
The temples old decay:
But we shall be one, beloved,
In the stream of life divine,
But we shall be one beloved,
we shall be one,
In the stream of life divine;
As the river flows to the ocean,
My soul shall flow to thine!
As the river flows to the ocean,
My soul, my soul shall flow to thine!

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Nirvana 1900
Music by Stephen Adams
Lyric Fred E. Weatherly
copyright 1900 by Boosey and Co.
sequence Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Friday 11 Jan 2002 at 07.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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