Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten, Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold. Let it be forgotten forever and ever. Time is a kind friend, he will make us old. If anyone [asks]1, say it was forgotten, Long and long ago. As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed foot-fall In a long forgotten snow.
1 Mills: "should ask"
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Let it be forgotten", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "Let it be forgotten" [ voice and piano ], from Four Views of Love, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Let it be forgotten" [ voice and piano ], from Three Early Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ryan Donlin , "Let it be forgotten", first performed 2021 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roland Farley (1892 - 1932), "Let it be forgotten", published 1926 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Two Poems by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "Let it be forgotten", published 1950 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), "Let it be forgotten", op. 33 no. 3, published 1979 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Goodbye, Farewell, and Adieu: Three Songs of Parting, no. 3, G.Schirmer (Hal Leonard) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), "Let it be forgotten", published 1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from The Winds of May, no. 2, G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marlin Merrill , "Let it be forgotten", published 1972 [ SSAATB chorus (or SSAA chorus) and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Mills (b. 1939), "Let it be forgotten" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "Let it be forgotten", op. 72 no. 1 (1957), from Sara Teasdale Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Charles Sacco (1905 - 1987), "Let it be forgotten", published 1941 [ high voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Let it be forgotten", 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Let it be you, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Let it be forgotten", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Two Songs by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by Judith Lang Zaimont , "Let it be forgotten", 1975, from Greyed Sonnets: Five Serious Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Georg von der Vring (1889 - 1968) , "Lied", appears in Englisch Horn: Anthologie angelsächsischer Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Qu'il soit oublié", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Lass es sein vergessen, wie eine Blume vergessen, Vergessen wie ein Feuer, das golden gewallt, Lass es sein vergessen für immer und immer, Die Zeit ist gut Freund uns, sie macht uns alt. Wenn irgendwer fragt, so sag, es sei vergessen Schon lang und schon eh, Wie die Blume, wie's Feuer, wie die Spur eines Kniefalls in einem lange vergangenen Schnee.
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Confirmed with Georg von der Vring, Englisch Horn: Anthologie angelsächsischer Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1953, page 213.
Authorship:
- by Georg von der Vring (1889 - 1968), "Lied", appears in Englisch Horn: Anthologie angelsächsischer Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Let it be forgotten", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harald Genzmer (1909 - 2007), "Lied", 1990 [ soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach angelsächsischen Dichtern, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2021-08-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 61