Do not stand at my grave and weep (Charles West)
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- Editor: Charles West (submitted 2015-01-01). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 71 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: I would appreciate notification by email (cghwest@yahoo.co.uk) of intention to perform this work.
General Information
Title: Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep
Composer: Charles West
Lyricist: Mary Elizabeth Frye (attributed)
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSSAATBB
Genre: Secular, Burial service
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush.
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the Starshine [of the night].
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.