Neither Mourn nor Celebrate

Music: Art of the Fugue, Contrapunctus 1. By J.S. Bach. Sequencer unknown. Modified by David Grossman.

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Neither mourn nor celebrate This day that fathers should be kings, But let it be appropriate To sing of sunlight sorrow brings. This day that fathers should be kings Our child's death has all undone. To sing of sunlight sorrow brings Brings back in tears our dearest one. Our child's death has all undone Our joy in life, and yet our pain Brings back in tears our dearest one That we might hold him once again. All joy in life must end in pain, So let it be appropriate That we might hold him once again And neither mourn nor celebrate. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.