Shadow (4.08)
Susan Craig Winsberg
lyrics by Kathleen Raine (from her poem "Eilean Chanaidh -- Shadow) in The Hollow Hill, 1964)
Used by permission of Lindisfarne Books, Hudson, NY 12534

Because I see these mountains they are brought low,
Because I drink these waters they are bitter,
Because I tread these black rocks they are barren,
Because I have found these islands they are lost;
Upon seal and seabird dreaming their innocent world
My shadow has fallen.

[ The lyrics "Isle of Canna, ease my sorrow; Isle of Canna, heal my
pain" were added by the composer for musical reasons and are not part
of the original poem.]

Kathleen Fisher - vocals
Susan Craig Winsberg - flute
Sean Michael Clegg - steel-string guitar
Stefanie Fife - cello
Novi Novog - viola

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