Ein Lied für alle, die die Hoffnung nicht aufgeben wollen und können.
A song for all, who can´t give up hope and don´t want to either.

Let me be a garden, 
where hope grows roots.
Love is my good ground (in German also: reason)
I trust in you.
the seed of hope, 
that you lay deep inside of me
let it find a hold in me, let it be based deeply in my.

Let me be a garden, 
in which hope can grow.
protected and sheltered by you 
– let her stand safely.
In darkness and storms, 
when night´s blackness comes 
let her see the light of morning, trusting and held.


I want to be a garden, in which hope is blooming.
the blackness of fear 
driven away by colourful splendour
Against drought, against hardship, 
hope sings her song.
in the darkest hour 
hope invites to dance.

I want to be a garden, that is blossoming, 
even when winter forces every life to a standstill.
With roses in December, 
beauty that never ceases.
Where life is threatened, 
hope invites to her feast.

Let me be a garden, 
in which hopes bears fruit
Where bounty is overflowing, the hungry will be fed.
The vines heavy with grapes,
a power that forces down the fences.
let the hope grow in me
whose root you are.

Lass mich ein Garten sein

What an education.  Thank you Eric for the opportunity to learn something new - audacity.  I think I learnt a little of the complexity of your work too.

I added some tabla and raised the levels on little snippets that I adore and that somehow moved me, so you could say I puncuated it with my own response to the individual tracks.  An experimental piece.  Timing is not great at the end, forgive me.

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 4: Fly to Paradise - Experimental Remix (SalGoodwin)

Gott, Du bist mein Freund (T. + M.: Stephanie Dormann)
Mitschnitt bei einer Liederwerkstatt für Grundschulkinder in Vreden. 


Lass mich ein Garten sein

Stephanie Dormann

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