The crying of water

O Water, voice of my heart,
Crying in the sand, 
All night long crying
with mournful cry.
As I lie and listen,
and cannot understand
The voice of my heart in my side,
or the voice of the sea.
O water, water,
crying for rest,
Is it I? is it I?
All night long 
The water is crying to me.

by Arthur Symons (1865-1945) , "The crying of water", from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2, in The Loom of Dreams, published 1914

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Louis Campbell-Tipton (1877-1921) , "The crying of water", published 1907, from Four Sea Lyrics, no. 3.
by Paul McIntyre , "The crying of water" [medium voice and piano], from Three Poems of Arthur Symonds [sic], no. ?

FRE French (unknown or anonymous translator)

Date added to the website: 2003-12-03.

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