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03 Jun 97 - 10:51 AM (#6154) Subject: Query: Song that cannot bear its own sound From: Peter Timmerman Serious request! I heard a folk song -- maybe oriental originally, it was very wistful -- a long time ago, with the lines: "Oh, love has gone, but I cannot let you go, This song that cannot bear its own sound brings oh brings the grief it sings -- Oh song, what are you? Oh singing, why is there singing?" I suspect it comes originally from a poem. It is, of course, a fine thing. Can anyone give me a lead? Yours, Peter |
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06 Jun 97 - 10:35 AM (#6355) Subject: RE: Query: Song that cannot bear its own sound From: Andres S. Peter: You are right about some parts of this. It comes from a famous Korean poem "Love's Silence" by Han Yong-un, one of the great modern poets. The first two lines do. The rest is added on and I don't know the song at all. I spent a few years in Korea and never heard it. |
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10 Jun 97 - 11:38 AM (#6562) Subject: RE: Query: Song that cannot bear its own sound From: Peter Timmerman Dear Andres, Many, many thanks for the lead. I have some Korean friends who I can ask for more details. Yours, Peter |