The Song of Wandering Aengus. Words by W.B.Yeats. Spoken by Michael Gambon

[@FairyEncounters]

Without doubt the loveliest reading of this beautiful poem I have ever heard. RIP Michael Gambon.

[@bridad]

Through the prism of these words I look forward to a moment when I am looking back at the sweetness of life, seeing it stretching out behind me, but not ahead of me. When that moment arrives, I will recite this poem and move confidenttly toward whatever awaits, grateful to be accompanied by these words.

[@JaceJacobs]

I can appreciate these words. Beautiful comment.

[@stevenlight5006]

So be it

[@julieharris7380]

I am reading this poem at my fathers funeral tomorrow

[@marycronin7447]

Don't forget to see the magic of this moment through the prism of the beautiful poem

[@JRamageHecate]

@@julieharris7380 and I hope someone will read it at mine when I pass

[@bramberboy]

RIP Michael always loved your wonderful voice and acting 😢

[@bramberboy]

Dumbledore will always live on

[@chrisshir]

Yeats and Gambon -- perfection. I watch and listen several times per week ... and get choked up every time.

[@dermur68]

Yup. Me too.

[@dennisthayer2693]

I think of my late wife every time I read this poem. I read it quite a bit.

[@voicemastery7543]

god bless you

[@mithunbarman2261]

So sorry 🙏 😔 sir, God will never want to do it, ♥

[@cosmicman621]

...praise be to God...🌈

[@LyndaGene]

That says so much about the life you had together. May beautiful memories give you peace and strength.

[@MindinViolet]

Utterly beautiful. I was moved to tears.

[@eamonnmorris5331]

"The silver apples of the moon ... the golden apples of the sun ..." what a powerful ending to a magical poem! I've had them in my head for forty years. I hear them best in my imagination/ inner voice ...it's always a little strange when someone else is actually reciting them ... with that said, this is still a pleasing presentation ... voice, visuals and music (how about that swan ... for anyone who knows Yeats' work that piece alone is mindblowing!)

[@deanmunzer1456]

Owen

[@deanmunzer1456]

Lydia

[@deanmunzer1456]

Oilver

[@deanmunzer1456]

Amelia

[@deanmunzer1456]

Dad

[@ivanoday4635]

The human heart is a wild place. This reading reminds me the heart reaches to great heights, and that only by going there, only by way of the heart, the imperatives of the heart, the attachments that break us and form us do we really become human. I'd forgotten. So much of what I'd hunted and lured and trapped and murdered and lost in the eternity of youth, in the moonlight of reason, the sunlight of make believe, science, politics, and craft, until the crunching under my feet became finally unintelligible. So much have I forgotten.

[@Mr9White]

Dude my teacher put this in class, this was one of the best poems I've ever heard

[@RebelofIreland]

An Ireland I will always feel part of. The spiritual side of Ireland, where I want to wander in my afterlife. But as for modern Ireland? I left twenty years ago and no longer feel a part of the culture or have an understanding of how and why poeple there think the way they do. . I am a stranger now in strange lands and will remain so. But the Celtic/mystical Ireland? Time, distance and dislocation can never take that from me.

[@JaceJacobs]

I always have smiles when there is a positive reference to a girl, the Moon, and the Sun. Beautiful poem. Peace, Love, Namaste

[@Rasselas_Urasawa]

dumbledore reading yeats. so awesome

[@ithila6712]

The transient illusions of youth and beauty

[@cathyroach546]

I was born deaf and my ex-husband had me to listen the Irish songs and I did enjoy the beautiful songs and I like Scottish songs, too. and then when I listened to Herb Albert's songs and then my ex-husband wanted to test me to see if I recognize the American music which he did and he fell out of the chair when I listened to that song and did recognize Herb Albert's song. He was so happy that I can hear the music and recognize Herb's song. Now I hardly listen to any songs after we were divorced and he has passed away. I missed to listen the songs as I have no hearing aids. Smile.

[@laurencekeogh4779]

NIce.

[@laurencehutchman1748]

Stirring rendition of this poignant, haunting early Yeats's poem. Very fine correspondence of the poem with video.

[@burakk3567]

i discovered this poem under favour of Ray Bradbury. I was in bookstore and i saw his book called "Golden Apples of the Sun" and the book attracted me cause its cover was beautiful and its name caught my attention. i red that author's other books before so i knew that book couldn't be bad so I bought it. When i went back home I just saw that poem's last verses on the first page and I googled it and found out that all poem and this video. Now I listen this before sleeping.

[@arlinnjeans1860]

Ray Bradbury and his book was how I was introduced to this poem and Yeats' other poetry too! It's cool when one thing you read brings you to other new reading.

[@duncanhainsworth5063]

RIP Sir Michael Gambon🖤

[@SpiritSeekersIL]

This is and will always be my favorite poem, ever since discovering it my 9th grade English book.

[@hotstixx]

Mine too..my dear uncle/father used to quote it in full to me in the later parts of a bottle of red.He was old then and it was of him.Its the finest parts of him and now I feel I've inherited it.Its become a mystical connection now that he has passed.

[@Aritul]

This is one of my favorite poems as well.

[@jacobdillon6288]

its flawless, reminds me of my youth but makes me look hard on the present as well

[@SpiritSeekersIL]

For me it was 4th grade. This poem was in the front of one our lit sections. The imagery captured me as no other poem has.

[@mattw8374]

Impressive reading overwhelmed by superfluous, background music, blunting the imagery created by the words.

[@Jibbs1980]

RIP Michael Gambon

[@clamont56]

This was totally inadvertent. Found when looking for Irish soda bread recipe. It has the same references of Faerie, the golden apples and silver apples in it. Just read about those in some Irish folklore in a novel I am reading. A women has a dream where they are offered by the King of Faerie. Very interesting and nice photography with the silver moon on the water etc.

[@jackibortoft]

As a long time admirer of MG I flashed him a smile when I saw him emerging from a secondhand bookshop on the east coast. In return I got a fabulous scowl, So funny, I still think he's brilliant!

[@alexisfernandez9497]

Precioso poema, muy bien recitado, y magnífico vídeo. Wonderful!

[@oanagrossu1532]

splendid clip - beautfiul recitation

[@johnniejukebox]

Sublime.

[@krackowkid6618]

IT'S THE LYRICAL MYSTICISM THAT I FIND ENTRALLING ABOUT THE POEM

[@EndlarStudios]

You could no nothing about English except minimal knowledge and it would still sound like music

[@westernlynx396]

Irony

[@notinterested100]

more irony.

[@martincollins744]

This poem is about an old Irish story of Wandering Aengus. He actually finds the girl at the end after wandering all his lifetime around Ireland.

[@Hello-ci9ti]

Goodbye Sir.

[@caitlintervet4399]

Great poem , Great voice thank you WB and MG unforgettable.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

This is so beautiful - I think one of the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard, I’m in bits. I know I’m guilty of doing the same, holding a romantic love from 3 years ago, it’s exhausting but fuels the imagination as in Yates poem.

[@pokemaster1471]

I have come back to this a thousand times. It’s balm. Rest well, Michael.

[@diddywahdaddy]

Rest In Peace ❤

[@aenguschurch6216]

This is where my mom chose my name.

[@Declanworld]

I presume you've heard of St. Aengus's Church, Donegal: www.declanworld.com/photos/burt/images/burt003.jpg

[@gulzarahmadturalay3106]

wow, adorable voice. He gotta powerful voice.

[@claireroche4486]

Exquisite , so radiant a rendering of this beautiful poem . Do come to visit Sligo and the places that inspired WB Yeats . Sincerest thanks .

[@eamonnmc1]

I love this! Thank You.

[@bobmessier5215]

For me it's about glimpsing the Goddess.

[@Currabell]

Exquisite

[@patrickrianomeara9410]

R.I.P. Michael Gambon

[@53fleury]

How wonderful. Absolutely magnificent

[@jman7826]

The final stanza is simply numinous. Great reading 👍🏻

[@cooldogEDITSYT]

Im reading this book and its called The Land of the Silver Apples. And it has this in it.

[@djbabbotstown]

Yeats put prophetic vision into words here. One wonders what dreams or visions he had writing this.

[@sallyjohnston9766]

My favourite Irish poet William Butler Yeats

[@nicbahn]

Dumbledore reading to you and Nicholas Hoopers orchestrating it, just amazing!

[@elainegregory3011]

Very, very beautiful..

[@RonnieSpam]

I love Christy Moore's musical version. Mystical and enchanting. American folk singer Burl Ives was the first person as far as I know who recorded it as a song.

[@babsclark8572]

Michael Macliammor also recorded this.

[@stuartkseels]

Lovely. The words, music & voice complement perfectly.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Extraordinary experience.

[@dododave1962]

why people like poetry

[@daithiholbrook]

Perfect intonation !

[@sweetjolie]

Simpfly perfect

[@belindaashton7633]

Truly so beautiful and uplifting

[@Argonaut121]

Sublime. Both poet and reader.

[@michaelsteane9926]

Christie Moore sings this on "Ride On"

[@donkelly108]

by far my favorite Yeats poem

[@_Conzo_]

This is amazing.

[@Kent-qo6xp]

Fine work again by William Butler.

[@IllPerc]

WASSUP MY TWIZZY

[@ThePsycoDolphin]

Like another commentor here, I first found this through a collection of Ray Bradbury stories. The title struck at me. Then I read the inside inscription and thr visual imagery of golden and silver apples growing on both the Moon and the sun, was so stunning I had to find the rest of the poem. The rest of the poem, unconnected to those bottom lines, is also agonisingly beautiful. Was it real? Was she a genuine being? Or was it some figment of madness that has been torturing him until old age? Sad either way. It's also, to be less mystical, an experience many people have. Of desperately craving after someone you love, killing yourselves over the agony of it, even though the love you share is as ephemeral as the vision of the golden girl.

[@jackiemcgowan2930]

this poem was by w.b.yeats (william butler yeats ) a native irish man from co. sligo. this si true as are many more of his poems hes a very good poem writer you should look up more of his poems there really good

[@ThePsycoDolphin]

@@jackiemcgowan2930 got a big book of his poems a while back. Hes beautiful. I have quite a mixed interest in poems (literary wise, I'm a firm modernist, albeit a disappointed one), I'd usually find this kind of romantic mysticism rather nauseating. But the way he conveys it is so stunning it transcends his rather backwards looking politucs.

[@mithunbarman2261]

# Nice nice 👍 nice beautiful and finally awesome sir 🙏 ☺ ♥, jai ho! 🌍 🇮🇳 🙏 ☺

[@jqv002]

So, my 3rd period teacher gave me this poem too memorized in two weeks. She played this video in class and we all laughed hysterically because. . . you may know why. Anyways, wish me luck so i can actually memorize this poem.

[@maggiedeveney]

Perfect!

[@Milestonemonger]

Clint Eastwood's Bridges of Madison County introduced me to Yeats.

[@heathensoulirishwhiskey8942]

Stunning

[@MrEltonhef]

Favourite poem from when I was at school.

[@inessamaria2428]

so beautiful

[@TheSaltydog07]

Rest well, darling man.

[@thestandingoak]

Has anyone found a recording of Michael Gambon's reading of this poem without the music?

[@SilvioBichisecchi]

The best!

[@MegaGalls]

Beautifully narrated

[@stacieolson3078]

Beautiful 💕💕💕

[@joshuaharper2044]

hey thumbs up if that one star trek enterprise episode brought you here too

[@busalananryanemaeb.1258]

I'm reading the Book The Bridges of Madison County, (◍•ᴗ•◍) That's why I'm here.

[@renatobiscetti9343]

Bellissima poesia! Bella anche la canzone composta da Donovan.

[@sherryhostutler2241]

WB Yeats is my favorite today 🎉❤

[@jodykirby5667]

Dumbledore be vibing

[@joshuaharper2044]

am i the only one that discovered this poem through that one star trek enterprise episode?

[@olivers.6511]

No, I'm watching it right now. :)

[@babsclark8572]

love this poem

[@kankanadas872]

Beautiful

[@alvidema9896]

I didn't know Dumbledore knew Yeats' poems

[@glennperry1442]

Dave Van Ronk's performance of Yeats poem is perfect, sublime, most haunting, (for myself anyway). It's on his 'No Dirty Names' LP, released late '60s. Take a listen on You Tube. Donovan's just lame

[@oicaroh]

Thank you Dave. You are right. I did not know it by van Ronk, and it is most haunting. In Spain, they would say: “tiene Duende”. Thank you for sharing your thought.

[@angelaconnor8917]

Fantastic WBY

[@stylusfantasticus]

To be listened for years !

[@SimonPaxton_VO]

One of Yeats' poems most arresting poems has to be 'Aedh -He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' - beautifully touching on the realm of unfulfilled desire and the impact that love can have on our fragile hearts. Simon Paxton has recorded it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHjMoHmMnNmpfbc

[@Mika-hl5wf]

Mr. Gambon, you also voiced Bean in Fantastic mr. Fox. Now, would you be my favour to potray Judge Turpin in my remake of Sweeney Todd?

[@GuyMonroeVoice]

What a master vocalist! Does it get any better than this? Michael is such an inspiration! Thank you for your beauty and skill.

[@imbluepower2708]

dumbledore?? Is That You??

[@kushkagirl]

gorgeous

[@jacobjones8657]

What is the mood of this poem

[@jennief2108]

Beautiful )

[@groovyguru5314]

Check out the Donovan version this of this song

[@andreitarkovsky3214]

misread as DOKKEN, daayum

[@AnthonyLilley]

Judy Collins FTW kzbin.info/www/bejne/l52shoqVf75jaas

[@jonpopelka]

Gambon’s version or Christy’s version…tough to choose. I’ll have both, thank you!

[@sportyv1k1ng]

Christy Moore put this to music... beautiful versions both...

[@identitychange5292]

Dumbledore gently talking to your ear :D

[@rubiestelavalencia4586]

Megusta escuchar para reflexionar

[@lornanormand6963]

these beautiful words and this beautiful voice would obviously be entirely inadequate without the racket of the background music that we must now expect and surrender to as an unrequested and imposed addendum to so much of our consume-consume experience nowadays. Lets' just block it out and practice limiting awareness to get by.

[@flambayed]

He's a dub...

[@jasonmackintosh6075]

God blessings amens