The Song of the Nightingale
Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982.
Lyrics:
Nightingale! Nightingale!
Sing of joy through the night.
Teach my heart To impart
Everywhere your delight.
Sing of moon rays on the rain,
Sing that love’s not in vain:
Every grief, every wrong
Has its ending in song.
Nightingale! Nightingale!
Sing of joy through the night.
Teach all men
How to spin
Clouds of gloom into light.
Without silence, what is song?
Without night, where is dawn?
Were it not for men’s woes,
Who would smile at a rose?
Nightingale! Nightingale!
Sing of joy through the night.
Let each tone,
Silence-grown,
Earth and heaven unite.
Morning laughter, evening tears,
Snow and blossoms—all fade!
Joy must sing in the night
To face change unafraid.
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