Tonalità: G major
Verse 1
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(Recitation)
Once in Persia reigned a king who upon his royal ring
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carved these words so true and wise
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Which when held before his eyes gave him counsel
at a glance of his life of changing chance
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Solemn words and these are they: "Even
this shall pass away"
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Verse 2
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Trains of camels through the sand
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brought him gems from Samarkand
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Fleets of galleys through the sea brought him
pearls to match with thee
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But he counted not his gain nor his treasure,
mine or main
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"What is wealth ?", the king would say,
"Even this shall pass away"
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Verse 3
In the revel of his court,
at the zenith of his sport
When the palms of all his guests
burned with clapping at his zest
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He among his figs and wine would cry,
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"Oh, loving friends of mine
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Pleasures may come, but they cannot stay,
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like even this shall pass away ?"
Verse 4
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The most beautiful woman ever seen was
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the bride he chose his queen
Pillowed on their royal bed,
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whispering to her soul he said:
"Though a bridegroom never pressed
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dearer bosom to his chest
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But mortal flesh must come to clay and even
these shall pass away"
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Verse 5
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Towering over the village square,
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thirty meters in the air
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Rose his statue, carved in stone,
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as the king stood there alone
Gazing at his sculptured name,
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said to himself, "So what is fame ?
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Fame, it's but slow decay,
even this shall pass away"
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Verse 6
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Fighting furiously on a battlefield,
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once a javelin pierced his shield
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Soldiers with a loud lament bore
him bleeding to his tent
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Groaning from his tortured side,
"Pain is hard to bear", he cried
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"Oh, but with patience day by day,
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even this shall pass away"
Verse 7
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Sick and sore with cancer; weak and tired and old,
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just minutes yet to go to pass the gates o' gold
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Spake he with his dying breath,
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"Life is done, so what is death ?"
Then in answer to the king fell
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a sunbeam on his ring
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Reflecting words he failed to say: "Even this
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shall pass away"
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