"Sketches" for a capella No.2 "The Beginning" by Amin Sharifi

"Sketches" for a capella No.2 "Beginning" Written by Mohammad Amin Sharifi on a poem by Ahmad Shamlou
Performed by Breakout Ensemble in Concert "Grenzenlos", Gasteig, Munich 29/5/2015

The Vocal Ensemble:
Soprano: Dora Garcidueñas
Mezzo: Maria José
Tenor: Tom Smith
Bass-Bariton: Samuel Penderbayne

Gustavo Castillo - baritone

The Beginning:
Untimely
in a land unknown
at a time yet not arrived.
Thus, I was born
within the forest of beast and rock.
I realized that there was no tiding
for in between stood a mirage
My heart
in void
started beating.
I abandoned the cradle of reiteration
in a land with no bird, no spring.
My first journey was a return.