Five Hebrew Love Songs

I was going to post something mopey about some difficulties that I'm having with my current employment situation, but this seems like a nicer idea. In Chamber Choir Rehearsal this evening, we introduced a new set of pieces by Eric Whitacre called Five Hebrew Love Songs. The words (in Hebrew) are written by his now-wife (then-girlfriend) Hila Plitman, and I think they translate beautifully.

I.
A picture is engraved in my heart;
Moving between light and darkness:
A sort of silence envelopes your body,
And your hair falls upon your face just so.

II.
Light bride
She is all mine,
And lightly
She will kiss me!

III.
"Mostly," said the roof to the sky,
"the distance between you and I is endlessness;
But a while ago two came up here,
and only one centimeter was left between us."

IV.
What snow!
Like little dreams
Falling from the sky.

V.
He was full of tenderness;
She was very hard.
And as much as she tried to stay thus,
Simply, and with no good reason,
He took her into himself,
And set her down
in the softest, softest place.

There now. Aren't those lovely? The music is equally beautiful, and can be heard here: Five Hebrew Love Songs