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Say I Am You by W. A. Mathieu
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24 tracks | 61 minutes
Released Oct 2004
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 Say I Am You: Stay Together Friends BUY MP3 03:29 Say I Am You: Stay Together Friends "GIFT MP3" 03:29 Say I Am You: Stay Together Friends
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 08:44 Say I Am You: Say I Am You BUY MP3 08:44 Say I Am You: Say I Am You "GIFT MP3" 08:44 Say I Am You: Say I Am You
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:18 In the Arc of Your Mallet: In the Arc of Your Mallet BUY MP3 02:18 In the Arc of Your Mallet: In the Arc of Your Mallet "GIFT MP3" 02:18 In the Arc of Your Mallet: In the Arc of Your Mallet
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Unmarked Boxes BUY MP3 03:05 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Unmarked Boxes "GIFT MP3" 03:05 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Unmarked Boxes
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:58 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Everywhere BUY MP3 01:58 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Everywhere "GIFT MP3" 01:58 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Everywhere
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:21 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Diver's Clothes Lying Empty BUY MP3 02:21 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Diver's Clothes Lying Empty "GIFT MP3" 02:21 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Diver's Clothes Lying Empty
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:52 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Tent BUY MP3 01:52 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Tent "GIFT MP3" 01:52 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Tent
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:18 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Bottle Is Corked BUY MP3 02:18 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Bottle Is Corked "GIFT MP3" 02:18 In the Arc of Your Mallet: The Bottle Is Corked
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:22 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Bonfire at Midnight BUY MP3 02:22 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Bonfire at Midnight "GIFT MP3" 02:22 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Bonfire at Midnight
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:48 In the Arc of Your Mallet: But I Was You BUY MP3 00:48 In the Arc of Your Mallet: But I Was You "GIFT MP3" 00:48 In the Arc of Your Mallet: But I Was You
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:31 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Maybe They're Shy BUY MP3 03:31 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Maybe They're Shy "GIFT MP3" 03:31 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Maybe They're Shy
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:25 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Be Melting Snow BUY MP3 04:25 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Be Melting Snow "GIFT MP3" 04:25 In the Arc of Your Mallet: Be Melting Snow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:58 The Speechless Moon: Steam Fills the Bath BUY MP3 04:58 The Speechless Moon: Steam Fills the Bath "GIFT MP3" 04:58 The Speechless Moon: Steam Fills the Bath
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:42 The Speechless Moon: The Speechless Moon BUY MP3 03:42 The Speechless Moon: The Speechless Moon "GIFT MP3" 03:42 The Speechless Moon: The Speechless Moon
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:40 The Speechless Moon: Daybreak BUY MP3 04:40 The Speechless Moon: Daybreak "GIFT MP3" 04:40 The Speechless Moon: Daybreak
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 Quatrains: All Day and Night Music BUY MP3 00:35 Quatrains: All Day and Night Music "GIFT MP3" 00:35 Quatrains: All Day and Night Music
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:27 Quatrains: Two Strong Impulses BUY MP3 01:27 Quatrains: Two Strong Impulses "GIFT MP3" 01:27 Quatrains: Two Strong Impulses
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:35 Quatrains: Don't Go Back to Sleep BUY MP3 01:35 Quatrains: Don't Go Back to Sleep "GIFT MP3" 01:35 Quatrains: Don't Go Back to Sleep
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:45 Quatrains: The Night Ocean BUY MP3 00:45 Quatrains: The Night Ocean "GIFT MP3" 00:45 Quatrains: The Night Ocean
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:36 Quatrains: No Companion BUY MP3 01:36 Quatrains: No Companion "GIFT MP3" 01:36 Quatrains: No Companion
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:08 Quatrains: The Jar that Pours BUY MP3 01:08 Quatrains: The Jar that Pours "GIFT MP3" 01:08 Quatrains: The Jar that Pours
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:53 Quatrains: Burning with Longing BUY MP3 01:53 Quatrains: Burning with Longing "GIFT MP3" 01:53 Quatrains: Burning with Longing
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:23 Quatrains: This Moment BUY MP3 01:23 Quatrains: This Moment "GIFT MP3" 01:23 Quatrains: This Moment
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Quatrains: All Day and Night Music (reprise) BUY MP3 00:39 Quatrains: All Day and Night Music (reprise) "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Quatrains: All Day and Night Music (reprise)
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Four gorgeous song cycles from the poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi (translations by Coleman Barks). Rumi speaks of God as the Friend, the One we recognize in ourselves and each other.
Bio / Background
Until the early 1980s, the poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi was known to most English-speaking readers primarily through the sincere but Victorian translations of A. J. Arberry and R. A. Nicholson. I had tried to set some of these poems to music, but my adaptations felt awkward and contrived. In 1984, I read a new volume of Rumi poems called Open Secret, translated by poet Coleman Barks in collaboration with Farsi scholar John Moyne, and my relationship to words changed forever.
Even at first reading, the lines lifted from the page as music itself, curling up as bright tropes and swirling phrases. I sensed these poems would set themselves, and, notwithstanding the detail that goes into any work, that's what happened. I phoned Coleman Barks in Athens, Georgia, and announced, "You are my brother," despite which we became long-time friends. In the meantime, I've set, with his blessing, dozens of his Rumi versions. Over and over again he shows me how language sings itself.
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