"Isle Au Haut Lullaby" by Kathy Wilmering

Kathy Wilmering (1958); German/American. She sung “Isle au Haut Lullaby” to children she used to live with. How the Sleep does come to you? “I start to relax and feel dreamier. The connection with the present world is loosened... Sounds for falling asleep are  rocking syllables, sighs and scales that go down, regular rhythms.”

Isle au Haut Lullaby 

If I could give you three things,

I would give you these:

Song and laughter and a wooden home

In the shining seas.

 When you see old Isle au Haut

Rising in the dawn,

You will play in yellow fields

In the morning sun. 

Sleep where the wind is warm

And the moon is high.

Give sadness to the stars,

Sorrow to the sky. 

Do you hear what the sails are saying?

In the wind's dark song?

Give sadness to the wind

Blown alee and gone.

Sleep now:  the moon is high

And the wind blows cold,

For you are sad and young

And the sea is old. 

If I could give you three things,

I would give you these:

Song and laughter and a wooden home

In the shining seas.

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