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Fallen (2010)
for SSAA
words by Nakahara Chūya
duration: 4'
Lyrics:
Summer morning. Fig-leaves,
Leaves withered, drowsy-coloured,
Rattling in the wind,
Trembling on weak branches.
Shall I go to sleep?
Electric cables reach to the sky,
And from the cables, songs of far cicadas.
Leaves withered,
Rattling in the wind;
Leaves trembling, branches tilting.
Shall I go to sleep?
Sky dark and still,
Sun tangled in the clouds,
Electric cables striking the sky.
Cicadas in the distance,
Everyone I love gone.
Score available at SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music
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