The lute I play is from
the Renaissance
in its design that is
eight courses
fifteen strings
Bach would have known the lute
that his friend Weiss
composed for
still more strings
a different sound
but my lute too
would have sounded familiar
to Bach's ears
more than any piano
or six-string guitar
and when I play a movement
from his suites for cello
it's seems as if the lute
was never far from the composer's mind
although I don't dispute
the cello's greater resonance
the lute offers the pleasure
of sweet melody and chordal
harmonies combined