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One Wish Alone Have I is a testament-like poem that explores the acceptance of one’s death in a tranquil account of the poet’s ideal funeral. The idealisation of death as a return to nature and the proclivity towards peaceful remoteness made me visualize this piece as a funeral song, similar to Nathan Barr's and Lisbeth Scott’s Take Me Home or the well-known Amazing Grace. Although these pieces were not written exclusively for this purpose, they are generally perceived as such by the public.

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One wish alone have I:
In some calm land
Beside the sea to die;
Upon its strand
That I forever sleep,
The forest near,
A heaven clear
Stretched o'er the peaceful deep.

No candles shine,
Nor tomb I need, instead
Let them for me a bed
Of twigs entwine.

That no one weeps my end,
Nor for me grieves,
But let the autumn lend
Tongues to the leaves,
When brooklet ripples fall
With murmuring sound,
And moon is found
Among the pine-trees tall,

While softly rings
The wind its trembling chime
And over me the lime
Its blossom flings.


As I will then no more
A wanderer be,
Let them with fondness store
My memory.
And Lucifer the while,
Above the pine,
Good comrade mine,
Will on me gently smile;

In mournful mood,
The sea sing sad refrain. . .
And I be earth again
In solitude.

credits

from Poems: A Collaboration in Space and Time, released January 15, 2020
lyrics by Mihai Eminescu
translation by Corneliu M. Popescu
vocals & music by Adina Nelu

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Adina Nelu Manchester, UK

Romanian-born composer for film and media whose work explores the boundaries between narrative-driven music and sonic storytelling.

Commissioned by the likes of BBC New Creatives and the GMCA, she is a HMUK Do it Differently Fund awardee and was recently selected for BAFTA Crew 2021.

Currently developing a female-centred vocal EP with the support of Help Musicians UK. ... more

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