lady & her guitar
A melancholy soundscape unfolds with lush electric piano chords and muted ambient textures. Sparse, gentle percussion gradually adds movement as intricate male vocals, rich in melisma, lead the way. Airy female backing harmonies deepen the mix. Tempo quickens gradually, then slows in the final bars.
lady & her guitar
A melancholy soundscape unfolds with lush electric piano chords and muted ambient textures. Sparse, gentle percussion gradually adds movement as intricate male vocals, rich in melisma, lead the way. Airy female backing harmonies deepen the mix. Tempo quickens gradually, then slows in the final bars.
Lyrics
Dedication: “For him who struck thy foreign string — old guitar.”
Adapted from the 1846 poem:
The Lady to Her Guitar by Emily Brontë
For him who struck thy foreign string
I ween this heart hath ceased to care;
Then why dost thou such feelings bring
To my sad spirit, old guitar?
It is as if the warm sunlight
In some deep glen should lingering stay,
When clouds of tempest and of night
Had wrapt the parent orb away.
It is as if the glassy brook
Should image still its willows fair,
Though years ago, the woodman’s stroke
Laid low in dust their gleaming hair.
Even so, guitar thy magic tone
Has moved the tear and waked the sigh,
Has bid the ancient torrent flow
Although its very source is dry!
This arrangement copyright 7-21-2025 by LKN
It's an honor to adapt this Gothic and Victorian author. A big thank you and huge shout-out to the SSC7 team (esp their Poetry Challenge), for all their hard work for this community. Also, for helping me to discover this wonderful poem, which I did not know.