..."Very often", says he astonished,

At twilight the strings resonate at their own accord,

Softly, like the humming of bees.

The children, drawn hither from the church courtyard,

Heard it and witnessed the weeping of the funeral garlands.

Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty

From a poem preceding the third movement

of Sonata for Harp by Paul Hindemith

Maqamat-Arabesque No.1

for Harp Solo by Ami Maayani.

Ruth Maayani-Harp.