Hi Everybody,
This is actually something I've been working on for a while and have written some music to go with it. I was thinking about the sea longing and this sort of flowed out of that. It's a dialogue between Tar-Aldarion and his wife Erendis as he heads off on his sea voyages and this is eventually what drives them apart. I was thinking that the sea here is almost like the other woman in their marriage.
Hope you enjoy.
Away! Away! Away! Away!
The wind and the shuddering sea
Salt kisses whisper of lands that are new
And the gulls are calling to me
My love don't go, I need you here
The wind and the treacherous sea
Our babe's still young; would you leave your girl?
For the terrible song of the sea
Away! Away! The tide won't wait
The wind and the bountiful sea
I love you dear but I must go
The waves are where I shall be
My dearest one, I love you so
The wind and the troubled sea
Don't leave me now; you'll break my heart
The sea will steal you from me
To the harbour now, Away! Away!
The wind and the shining sea
My heart it breaks, it tears in two
The longing I have for the sea
Away! Away! Away! Away!
The wind and the shuddering sea
The waves they bear my heart away
Don't forget you child and me
Come back to your child and me!
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Annapurna