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The Monk and His Cat
adapted by W. H. Auden from an 8th or 9th century anonymous Irish text
Pangur, white Pangur,
How happy we are
Alone together, Scholar and cat.
Each has his own work to do daily;
For you it is hunting, for me, study.
Your shining eye watches the wall;
My feeble eye is fixed on a book.
You rejoice when your claws entrap a mouse;
I rejoice when my mind fathoms a problem.
Pleased with his own art
Neither hinders the other;
Thus we live ever
Without tedium and envy.
Pangur, white Pangur,
How happy we are,
Alone together, Scholar and cat.
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Samuel Barber: 65 Songs (G. Schirmer, high voice)
Composer(s): Samuel Barber
Voice Type: High
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Composer(s): Samuel Barber
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