WANDERING SINGERS （Written to one of their Tunes） Where the voice of the wind calls our wandering feet, Through echoing forest and echoing street, Wit...
INDIAN WEAVERS Weavers, weaving at break of day, Why do you weave a garment so gay？ . . . Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild, We weave the robes of a ...
COROMANDEL FISHERS Rise, brothers, rise, the wakening skies pray to the morning light, The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that ...
THE SNAKE-CHARMER Whither dost thou hide from the magic of my flute-call？ In what moonlight-tangled meshes of perfume, Where the clustering keovas gua...
CORN-GRINDERS O LITTLE MOUSE, WHY DOST THOU CRY WHILE MERRY STARS LAUGH IN THE SKY？ Alas！ alas！ my lord is dead！ Ah, who will ease my bitter pain？ He ...
VILLAGE-SONG Honey, child, honey, child, whither are you going？ Would you cast your jewels all to the breezes blowing？ Would you leave the mother who ...
IN PRAISE OF HENNA A kokila called from a henna-spray： LIRA！ LIREE！ LIRA！ LIREE！ Hasten, maidens, hasten away To gather the leaves of the henna-tree. ...
Men's Voices Lord of the lotus, lord of the harvest, Bright and munificent lord of the morn！ Thine is the bounty that prospered our sowing, Thine ...
Women's Voices Queen of the gourd-flower, queen of the harvest, Sweet and omnipotent mother, O Earth！ Thine is the plentiful bosom that feeds us, ...
Song You bound strong sandals on my feet,You gave me bread and wine, And bade me out, 'neath sun and stars,For all the world was mine. Oh take the...