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Alef: Khayyam into music
Composition by Sahba Aminikia based on Omar Khayyam's poetry
Sahba Aminikia, who will be performing Persian folk songs at the Iranian.com Music Festival at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts on April 25, composed this piece based on Omar Khayyam's poetry.
It was performed at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall on March 18th, 2009.
Poetry by Omar Khayyam
Translated by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kelly Birch: Mezzo soprano
Kevin Korth: Piano
I must abjure the Balm of Life, I must,
Scared by some After-reckoning taen on trust,
Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink,
When the frail Cup is crumbled into Dust!
If but the Vine and Love-abjuring Band
Are in the Prophets Paradise to stand,
Alack, I doubt the Prophets Paradise
Were empty as the hollow of Ones hand.
Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain - This Life flies:
One thing is certain and the rest is lies;
The Flower that once is blown for ever dies.
Composition by Sahba Aminikia based on Omar Khayyam's poetry
Sahba Aminikia, who will be performing Persian folk songs at the Iranian.com Music Festival at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts on April 25, composed this piece based on Omar Khayyam's poetry.
It was performed at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall on March 18th, 2009.
Poetry by Omar Khayyam
Translated by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kelly Birch: Mezzo soprano
Kevin Korth: Piano
I must abjure the Balm of Life, I must,
Scared by some After-reckoning taen on trust,
Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink,
When the frail Cup is crumbled into Dust!
If but the Vine and Love-abjuring Band
Are in the Prophets Paradise to stand,
Alack, I doubt the Prophets Paradise
Were empty as the hollow of Ones hand.
Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain - This Life flies:
One thing is certain and the rest is lies;
The Flower that once is blown for ever dies.