Birth Of The Harp

[00:16.83] The ancient singer went
[00:22.00] lamenting through the forest
[00:27.17] -heard the birch wailing.
[00:32.45] Now drawing nearer he asks the sacred birch tree
[00:41.12] -"Why art thou weeping?"
[00:47.40] -Giving wood a shape of a harp!
[00:52.25] Weep no more thou sacred birch tree,
[01:00.11] grieve no more, my dear friend and my brother.
[01:08.77] I will turn thy grief to joy and fortune!
[01:16.71] Make thee laugh and sing with gladness and joy!
[01:42.66] The ancient singer made
[01:48.08] a magic harp from birch wood,
[01:52.69] fashioned of summer.
[01:58.57] He takes the harp in his hands,
[02:03.90] turns the arch up, looking skyward.
[02:13.83] -And magic notes follow!
[02:19.71] Weep no more thou sacred birch tree,
[02:26.31] grieve no more, my dear friend and my brother.
[02:34.69] I will turn thy grief to joy and fortune!
[02:42.30] Make thee laugh and sing with gladness and joy!
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