Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano
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Motet Translations
Omar Najmi: The Last Invocation
Walt Whitman
At the last, tenderly,
From the walls of the powerful fortress’d house,
From the clasp of the knitted locks,
From the keep of the well-closed doors
Let me be wafted.
Let me glide noiselessly forth;
With the key of softness unlock the locks—with a whisper,
Set ope the doors O soul.
Tenderly—be not impatient,
(Strong is your hold O mortal flesh,
Strong is your hold O love.)