Singing the Living Tradition ‎#196

196. Singer of Life

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1 Singer of Life, all flowers are songs,
with petals do you write.
Singer of Life, you color the earth,
dazzling the eye with birds red and bright.
Joy is for us! The flowers are spread@
Singing is our delight!

2 Mortal are we, with all living things,
with eagles in the sky.
Even all gold and jade will not last;
singing alone, I know, cannot die.
Here is this house of springtime bestow
songs that like birds can fly.

Text Information

• First Line: Singer of Life, all flowers are songs
• Title: Singer of Life
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Wisdom from the World's Religions: The Interdependent Web; The Arts; Change; Flower Communion; Spring
• Source: From a Texcoco Nahuatl poem

Tune Information

• Name: LACQUIPARLE
• Harmonizer: Richard Proulx, 19370
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: c minor or modal
• Source: Native American melody
• Copyright: Harm. © 1986 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.