Elégie de Marie (Mary's Elegy) (mp3)

This musical piece is the creation and performance of David W Solomons. The song was his initial composition during his time in Strasbourg in 1976, where he got acquainted with the poet Marie Keyser, who is part of this video. The poem encapsulates the distress experienced during adolescence. Keyser is renowned for her studies in German poetry, specifically the works of Hölderlin. The poem goes as follows: Hear my song of exile and how with patience, Buried in hostile land, I unlearn breathing, The moment and all presence.