The Wind
T Sisters Lyrics
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Or gliding like a swallow over villages and trees?
"I have," said the willow,
"And I begged him please to stay, but he went away,
He went on his own one day." And I sing
"One love have I," and he sings, "Now it's goodbye,"
And I sing "Part of me dies until I see you again."
Who has seen the sun through a parasol of leaves,
"I have," said the waters, "and I held his face to mine,
But he left in time, he went in his own good time."
And I sing "One love have I," and he sings,
"Now it's goodbye," and I sing
"Part of me dies until I see you again."
Who has seen the stranger in a coat of simple brown,
With his face of many faces, with his eyes turned out of town?
I have and I kissed him and I begged him please to stay,
But he went away, with the sun and the wind away.
And I sing "One love have I," and he sings,
"Now it's goodbye," and I sing
"Part of me dies until I see you again"
The lyrics of T Sisters’ "The Wind" evoke a sense of yearning and heartbreak. The song begins with a question: "Who has seen the wind scalloping the sea / Or gliding like a swallow over villages and trees?" The willow answers and tells us that it begged the wind to stay, but it went away on its own. The singer then sings of their love for the wind, but their love is unrequited. They say, "One love have I," and the wind responds with "Now it's goodbye." The singer laments that a part of them dies until they see the wind again.
The second verse continues with the question of who has seen the sun through various lenses. The waters answer, saying they held the sun's face to theirs, but it left in its "own good time." The wind and the sun represent two things that are natural and beyond our control. The wind can be felt but not seen, and the sun is essential to life but cannot be owned. The singer yearns for both, but they will never belong to them.
The song's final verse introduces a stranger, "in a coat of simple brown." The singer kisses this stranger and begs them to stay, but like the wind and sun, they leave. They sing again of their love, but the stranger responds with goodbye. This stranger may represent mortality or the impermanence of things.
One interpretation of this song is that it's about the fleetingness of life and love. The wind, sun, and stranger are all symbols of things that are transitory and can't be held onto. The singer longs for them, but they will always slip away in their own time.
Line by Line Meaning
Who has seen the wind scalloping the sea
Who has witnessed the wind creating scalloped patterns on the surface of the sea?
Or gliding like a swallow over villages and trees?
Or experienced the wind moving swiftly and gracefully like a swallow bird over the trees and villages?
"I have," said the willow,
The willow replied to the question by saying that it had seen the wind.
"And I begged him please to stay, but he went away,
And the willow pleaded with the wind to stay, but the wind left anyway.
He went on his own one day." And I sing
The wind left of his own accord one day, and the artist sings about it.
"One love have I," and he sings, "Now it's goodbye,"
The singer declares their love, while the wind bids farewell.
And I sing "Part of me dies until I see you again."
The singer feels like a part of them dies until they are reunited with their loved one.
Who has seen the sun through a parasol of leaves,
Who has watched the sun shine through a canopy of leaves like a parasol?
Through scattered ruby cloud fires, through the silver wings of bees?
Who has observed the beauty of the sun shining through the red clouds and reflecting off the silver wings of bees?
"I have," said the waters, "and I held his face to mine,
The waters replied that they had seen the sun, and even held its reflection to their own face.
But he left in time, he went in his own good time."
But the sun eventually set, in its own natural timing.
And I sing "One love have I," and he sings,
The artist sings that they have one love, while the sun sets.
"Now it's goodbye," and I sing
The sun says goodbye, while the singer continues to sing.
"Part of me dies until I see you again."
The singer feels a part of them dies until they see their loved one again, just like when the sun sets.
Who has seen the stranger in a coat of simple brown,
Who has encountered a stranger dressed in a plain brown coat?
With his face of many faces, with his eyes turned out of town?
With a face that seems to have many different expressions, and eyes that are looking away from the town?
I have and I kissed him and I begged him please to stay,
The artist confesses that they have met the stranger, and even kissed them, begging them not to leave.
But he went away, with the sun and the wind away.
But the stranger left, just like the sun and the wind do.
And I sing "One love have I," and he sings,
The singer sings about their love, while the stranger sings like the wind and the sun before him.
"Now it's goodbye," and I sing
The stranger says goodbye like the others before him, and the artist continues to sing.
"Part of me dies until I see you again"
Just like before, the artist feels like a part of them dies until they are reunited with their loved one.
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Written by: CHRISTINA GEORGINA (PD), LUCY SIMON
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