Samuel Barber — The Monk and His Cat

Pangur, white Pangur How happy we are Alone together, Scholar and cat Each has his own work to do daily; For you it is hunting, for me, study Your shining eye watches the wall; My feeble eye is fixed on a book You rejoice when your claws entrap a mouse; I rejoice when my mind fathoms a problem Pleased with his own art Neither hinders the other; Thus we live ever Without tedium and envy Pangur, white Pangur How happy we are Alone togethеr, Scholar and cat