Not exactly a repost.

The song itself may be found in the Media section, for those of you who care.

I hope you like it.

I'll post the words here, since the formatting capability in the media section is not very good.

E.

A Song for today.

Because it is beautiful.

The Song, the Poem of the day

"Coloured Toys"

The words follow; the music is in my media.

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When I bring to you coloured toys, my child,
I understand why there is such a play of colours on clouds,
on water,
and why flowers are painted in tints

---when I give colored toys to you,
my child.

When I sing to make you dance
I truly now why there is music in leaves,
and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth

---when I sing to make you dance.

When I bring sweet things to your greedy hands
I know why there is honey in the cup of the flowers
and why fruits are secretly filled with sweet juice

---when I bring sweet things to your greedy hands.

When I kiss your face to make you smile, my darling,
I surely understand what pleasure streams from the sky in morning light,

and what delight that is
that is which the summer breeze brings to my body

---when I kiss you to make you smile.


---when I bring
sweet things
to your greedy
hands.

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Composer: John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
Arranged: Double String Quartet, Voice and Violon Solo.  
Poem: Sir Rabindranath Tagore
(1861 - 1941 / India)