Lori Laitman — “I Lie In This Coffin”, from "The Seed of Dream" (2004). Poems by Abraham Sutzkever
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Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano
Igor Zubkovsky, cello
Martin Labazevitch, piano
The Russian Chamber Art Society (RCAS) concert on December 6, 2024.
La Maison Française, Washington, DC
‘The Seed of Dream’ was commissioned by Music of Remembrance and had its premiere performance on May 9, 2005 at MOR’s Holocaust Remembrance concert at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA.
I Lie In This Coffin
Vilna Ghetto, August 30, 1941; translated by C.K. Williams
"I Lie in this Coffin” is based on Sutzkever’s own experience of hiding from the Germans in a
coffin.
I lie in this coffin
the way I would lie in a suit made of wood,
a bark tossed on treacherous waves,
a cradle,
an ark.
From here, where all flesh is taken to eternity,
I call to you, sister,
and you in your distance still hear me.
Something,
Something stirs,
Something stirs in my coffin,
a presence;
you’re here:
I know you by the stars in your eyes,
your light,
your breath,
your tear.
This is the order of things,
and the plot:
today here,
tomorrow not.
But now, in my coffin,
my suit made of wood,
my speech lifts,
my speech sings.
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