Sonatas VII-14 (Grandioso con Molt'Espressione) The Faerie Dance Sonata
Around the rocks I followed then
A band of faeries round the bend -
Into a woodland faerie clearing
Amid ascending swirls of leaves and light
Their joyful songs I'm hearing!
In the last bright rays of light
The sun descends - Oh! See them fly!
Faeries dancing with leaves whirling,
Winding, flying toward the sky!
Swooping, flashing in the sunset
Clearing branches, trunks of trees,
Every color catches light in bright crescendos endlessly.
Silver flickers on the ground
Sparks of gold and copper all around
I stood in wonder at what I'd found -
At what I'd been allowed to see.
The thoughtless see a forest trail, some trees,
They miss the music; the light; the songs;
They see no magic at all -
They'll think I got it wrong...