Poetry by Mukul Hossine (trans. Cyril Wong)

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Instrumentation:

high voice, piano

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Duration: 13' 30" 

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Songs For Mukul is cycle of three songs based on poetry from Md Mukul Hossine's poetry collection "Me Migrant" published by Ethos Books. Transliterated from the original Bengali text by Cyril Wong, these three poems explore themes of labour, fatigue, homesickness, love and a transient state of being. ​

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I. I Possess No Address (5')

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"Walking in streets without boundaries

How I lost myself I don’t know

I possess no address"

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II. I Will Be A Firefly (3')

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"I will be a firefly at your window
I will peer in
Look into your eyes
Lock gaze with my heart’s eyes"

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III. Golden Mother (5' 30")

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"Mother, o mother,

where are you?

I’m not myself anymore, mother,

come see how I live.

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(...) Call me khoka, just once."

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