Ah Moon Of My Delight 1896

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17Feb2025
2025

Ah! Fill the cup!
What boots it to repeat
how time is slipping
underneath our feet.
Better to be jocund
with the thoughtful grape,
than sadden after none,
or bitter fruit.

Ah! love, could you and I
with fate conspire
to grasp the sorry scheme
of things entire.

Would we not shatter it to bits,
and then
remould it nearer
to the heart's.........desired.

Ah, moon of my delight
that knows no wane.
The moon of heav'n
is rising once again.

How oft here after rising
shall she look
through this same garden
after me in vain,
through this same garden,
after me in vain.

And when thy self
with shining foot shall pass
among the guests
star scattered on the grass,

And in thy joyous errand reach the spot
Where I made one.
Turn down an empty glass.

Ah, moon of my delight that
knows no wane,
the moon of Heav'n is rising
once again.
How oft here after rising
shall the look through
this same garden
after me in vain through
this same garden
after me in vain

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ah Moon Of My Delight 1896
From the Song-Cycle
"In A Persian Garden"
Lyrics from Omar Khayyam
Music by Liza Lehmann
© 1896 by Metzler & Co.Ltd. London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-payne, London UK
on Monday 17 February 2025 at 14.07
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne