In a burying ground

This is the spot where I will lie
     When life has had enough of me,
These are the grasses that will blow
     Above me like a living sea.

These gay old lilies will not shrink
     To draw their life from death of mine,
And I will give my body's fire
     To make blue flowers on this vine.

"O Soul," I said, "have you no tears?
     Was not the body dear to you?"
I heard my soul say carelessly,
     "The myrtle flowers will grow more blue."

Translation(s): FRE

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Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 51.

Authorship

• by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "In a burying ground", appears in Love Songs, in 2. Interlude: Songs out of Sorrow, no. 5, first published 1917 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "In a burying ground", 1967 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Songs Out of Sorrow, Six Songs for Mezzo-soprano, no. 4, Southern/Texas [
   text not verified 
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Dans un sol où être enterré", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Dans un sol où être enterré

C'est l'endroit où je serai étendue
   Quand la vie en aura eu assez de moi,
Ce sont les herbes qui s'épanouiront
   Au-dessus de moi comme une mer vivante.

Ces vieux lis joyeux ne répugneront pas
   À tirer leur vie de ma mort,
Et je donnerai le feu de mon corps
   Pour faire des fleurs bleues de cette vigne. 

« Ô mon âme » dis-je « n'as-tu pas de larmes ?
   Mon corps ne t'était-il pas cher ? »
J'entendis mon âme dire négligemment :
   « Les fleurs de myrte seront plus bleues. »

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• a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "In a burying ground", appears in Love Songs, in 2. Interlude: Songs out of Sorrow, no. 5, first published 1917
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): John Woods Duke. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2015-10-13.
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