-"FIRST SONG" (JAZZ STANDARD BY CHARLIE HADEN) POEM IN ENGLISH BY Carlos E. Mijares Poyer
-FIRST SONG-
I came when the open door
hurried shadows as a beginning
and the sudden glances that insued
brought fame to a silent moment.
I came when the open door
hurried shadows as a beginning
and the sudden glances that insued
brought fame to a silent moment.
This jazz is the same
as my heart's careful song
of imperious insistence
as my heart's careful song
of imperious insistence
Come look away...
The mind's origin is in a solo portrayed
the time stretches and reels
near behind you
and dares not touch you
afraid of you and of the end
the time stretches and reels
near behind you
and dares not touch you
afraid of you and of the end
Come look away...
I will not shatter your space
like a butterfly the surface cold wet
settlement of ideas as waterways
that flow carelessly into the ocean.
like a butterfly the surface cold wet
settlement of ideas as waterways
that flow carelessly into the ocean.
Enter and look around
the distance is indeed your distance
and your love is the witness
of that same distance
between death as your idea
as birth as your idea
the unbreakable,
and that idea of an imperturbable
waterfall that propels
your animated wishes
where you look away and arrive,
alone with the rest of your life.
the distance is indeed your distance
and your love is the witness
of that same distance
between death as your idea
as birth as your idea
the unbreakable,
and that idea of an imperturbable
waterfall that propels
your animated wishes
where you look away and arrive,
alone with the rest of your life.
by CARLOS MIJARES POYER (FIRST DRAFT) HAVANA, CUBA FEBRUARY 24, 1993,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJGY-LV1fZ8 "FIRST SONG" JAZZ COMPOSITION BY CHARLIE HADEN ON BASS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwJA9W3H7rE I SAW GONZALO RUBALCABA CUBAN JAZZ PIANIST AND GENIUS PERFORM CHARLIE HADEN'S MASTERPIECE "FIRST SONG" AT THE HAVANA NATIONAL THEATRE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETIES DECADE WHEN I SPENT 7 YEARS IN CUBA AS A WRITER AND JOURNALIST. PIANO, GONZALO RUBALCABA WHO NOWS LIVES IN MIAMI, PAUL MOTIAN, DRUMS, WHO PERFORMED WITH BILL EVANS MANY TIMES, AND OF COURSE THE MASTER OF THEM ALL, CHARLIE HADEN ON BASS, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2014, HIS LEGACY AND INTELLECT LIVES ON. CARLOS MIJARES POYER, AUTHOR AND MARKETER.
