Where the voice of the wind calls our wandering feet,
Through echoing forest and echoing street, A2
With lutes in our hands ever-singing we roam,
All men are our kindred, the world is our home.
Dur lays are of cities whose lustre is shed,
The laughter and beauty of women long dead;
The sword of old battles, the crown of old kings,
And happy and simple and sorrowful things.
What hope shall we gather, what dreams shall we son2
Where the wind calls our wandering footsteps we go.
No love bids us tarry, no joy bids us wait:
The voice of the wind is the voice of our fate.
Answer these questions.
1. Which line tells you that the singers sing as they travel?
2. The wandering singers have no permanent homes and families. Do they show any sadness
about it? Or do they have a different notion of family and home?
3. What do the wandering singers sing about? What might their listeners get from their songs in
terms of
a knowledge?
b. mood?
4. Why do the wandering singers not wait anywhere? Why do they keep travelling?
Answers
1. Which line tells us that the singers sing as they travel?
Answer: The line that tells us that the singers sing as they travel is ‘with lutes in our hands ever-singing we roam’.
2.The wandering singers have no permanent homes and families. Do they show any sadness about it? Or Do they have a different notion of family and home?
Answer: Although the wandering singers do not have any permanent home or family, they do not show any sadness about it. In the line ‘All men are kindred, the world is our home,’ the wandering singers tell us that they consider everyone their family and the whole world their home. So, they feel a bond with everyone and at home anywhere and everywhere.
3. What do the wandering singers sing about? What might their listeners get from their songs in terms of – (a) Knowledge (b) Mood?
Answer: The wandering singers sing about cities which were once great and famous, about the laughter and beauty of women who died long ago, old battles and kings of past, happy, simple and sad things.
4.. Why do the wandering singers not wait anywhere? Why do they keep travelling?The wandering singers do not wait anywhere because the voice of the wind is the voice of their fate , it means their movement or the direction where they will head , depends on the call of the wind they keep on moving towards the direction of the wind which is also the voice of their fate.