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Check out the live acoustic version on youtube.

Alternating instrumentation of real strings and a more ethereal wash of sound. This setting is influenced by Elizabethan songs I sang, notably John Dowland and Giulio Caccini.

lyrics

Listen, oh listen to my plaintive cry,
Listen to my longing, or else I die.
From the sweet home of bed I was torn,
So my pain and longing was born.
Listen to my longing cry,
Listen, or else I die.


With so many secrets I sing aloud,
But none sees nor hears in this crowd.
Oh, for a friend to know my burning state
That our souls may entwine and contemplate.

The flame of Love discourses in me
And the wine of Love so enforces me.
Do you wish to know the fire, the flow?
Listen, then you will know.

Listen, oh listen to my plaintive cry,
Listen, to my longing.
Do you wish to know the fire, the flow,
Listen to my longing cry,
Listen, or else I die.

credits

from Desert Songs - Memories of Rumi, released April 6, 2018
Composed and produced by Esbe
Vocals and programming - Esbe
Violins - Anna Hemery, Anne Wood
Viola – Philip D'Arcy
Cello – Dinah Beamish.

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Esbe UK London, UK

Esbe is a Royal Academy of Music graduate, a composer, producer, and vocalist from London. Her music is an eclectic blend of many influences, from her pure classical roots, but uniquely drawing on contemporary, world music and film scoring. Esbe’s writing has been partly inspired by her North African and Eastern European heritage. This eclectic blend makes for a unique and distinctive sound. ... more

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