Olivia Duffin, soprano
Cassidy Stahr, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Bork, guitar

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I give thanks to you, my star of good fortune!
With Pindar's flight, among blessed choirs
And crowned with immortal laurels
Perhaps I will be crowned the new Sappho.

And so, it is a difficult and beautiful task
To be happy in song and in love.
When our voices unite, our hearts
Can never be separated by a rebellious desire.

Oh, such a pleasant and soft harmony:
To create two loving and faithful souls
So that one wishes for the desires of the other,

To rejoice in happiness, laughter upon laughter,
Never sighing, unless the sigh comes
From a death that heals and does not kill.

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Translated by Cassidy Stahr
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Performed at Stahr's BMus graduation recital on 2 March 2020

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