The Silence Between Two Notes

Join us in this time with these meditations that will surely help you make your day a little better. Translations and reading by Mark Robert Waldman. Music composed and performed by Yuval Ron. Spiritual poetry by Rilke from his book: Book of Hours: Love Poems to God.

Poetry and Music:
1. Introduction*
2. Circling
3. Alone
4. Next door
5. Each thing
6. Like a tree
7. Love song
8. Musician stop!*

Transcript

The back.

I stand before you like a tree,

One of many mouths,

Brought to stillness by your will.

I am the silence between two notes,

And yet I am always in discord.

But in that silent interval,

So dark and reconciled,

I stay there trembling,

As the song goes on,

So beautiful.