EROS: Mvt. V (Kafāḥī)

The solo is Meredith Beck.

The Arabic text is as follows:

اعرفوا أيّها الآلهة، إن كان هناك آلهة تستمع
! اعرفوا عن كفاحي
! اعرفوا عن حزني
اعرفوا عن غضبي!
انزعوا يديّ من الأشواك، واملأوا
!حياتي بعطور الورد من جديد
!أناديكم أن تدخلوا قلبي لتغيّروا ما تشاؤون
!حرّروني


Hear ye, whatever gods may be listening!
Know of my struggle!
Know of my sorrow!
Know of my hate!
Pry my hands from the thorns
And fill my life with rosy perfumes once again!
I invoke you to come into my heart to change what you will!
Free me!


Disclaimer: This movement did not go correctly in performance. For those of you who speak Arabic, I apologize that Meredith made up some words, but she pulled off the tone of the piece and we didn't have to start over.

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