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Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Op7 no1 mvt2. Subscribe to this site on Substack |
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Ismail and Yitzhak are half-brothers, Raised by different, sometimes hostile mothers, But joined in ancestry by one great man - Their father, Ibrahim, or Abraham. So close they are, and yet so far apart! Their enmity a defect of the heart. For families ought to love, and not to fight. But each, aggrieved, is sure that he is right. Their New Years are this year almost in sync, Which is more meaningful than you might think. For though in both the hatred might run deep, None would willing sow what they might reap. And so this accident of New Year dates, If seized by them to harmonize their fates, Clarifies the compromise that sits So clearly on the table of their wits, And realigns the borders of their fear To resurrect the hopes that both hold dear. Oh, what a life for both might then ensue! The dreams of plenty coming into view! As brothers their old brotherhood renew In one new year for Muslim and for Jew! Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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