References
Vicente Bletán-Anglada
Luis A. Hernández-Ríos
José Becerra
Remember
REMEMBER
His Country series,Tempera on canvas, 1924
by Nicholas Roerich
I LEFT
by Nicholas RoerichMusicalized by José Becerra and vocalized/arranged by Carol Merrifield.
I am prepared for the road.
All that was mine I renounced.
You will take it, my friends.
Now for the last time, I shall survey
My house. Once more
I shall view my possessions. Upon the images
Of friends I shall look once more.
For the last time.
I know already
That here nothing of mine remains.
Possessions and all that impeded me
Freely I am giving away. Without them
I shall be more free. Before the One
Who calls me, liberated
I shall appear.
Now once more
I shall survey the house. View once more
That from which I am released,
Free and liberated and firm
In thought. The images of friends and the view
Of my former things
Do not confuse me. I am going. I am hurrying.
But once more—for the
Last time I shall survey all that
I left.
1918