Commissioned by Methodist Girls’ School (Singapore) in 2014, this SSAA unaccompanied work was world-premiered by the school choir under the direction of Albert Tay.
The text draws from Song of Solomon 2:1. While the King James Bible reads, “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley,” the original Hebrew mentions “Sharon” (a place name), which many translations render more generally as “fields.” The image of the rose is therefore best understood not as a literal flower since roses are not indigenous to much of the Middle East, but as a poetic symbol of beauty and resilience. This meaning is reinforced by the Latin Vulgate text, Ego flos campi et lilium convallium, which uses flos (“flower”) rather than specifying a species.
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