Because it is the day of Palms

Because it is the day of Palms
Carry a palm for me,
Carry a palm in Santa Chiara
And I will watch the sea.
[ There are no palms in Santa Chiara
To-day or any day for me.]1

I sit and watch the little sail
Lean side-ways on the sea,
The sea is blue from here to Sorrento
And the sea-wind comes to me
[And]1 I see the white clouds lift from Sorrento
And the dark sail lean upon the sea.

I have grown tired of all these things,
And what is left for me?
I have no place in Santa Chiara
There is no peace upon the sea.
But carry a palm in Santa Chiara,
Carry a palm for me.

Translation(s): GER

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Authorship

• by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Palm Sunday : Naples", appears in Images of Good and Evil, first published 1899 [ 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 (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Santa Chiara", 1925, published 1925. [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "The Day of Palms", R. 18 (1922), published 1932. [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by John Musto (b. 1954), "Palm Sunday: Naples", from Quiet songs, no. 5. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Harold Noble (1903 - 1998), "Naples Bay", published 1956. [medium voice and piano] [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Mary Sheldon , "Palm Sunday", published <<1940. [
   text not verified 
  ]

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

• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Neapel", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Neapel

Weil heut der Tag des Palmzweigs ist,
tragt einen Zweig für mich,
tragt einen Zweig in Santa Chiara,
aufs Meer indes blick ich;
Es gibt keinen Zweig in Santa Chiara
nicht heute noch jemals für mich.

Seh, wie das kleine Segelboot
lehnt fast aufs Wasser sich,
das Meer ist blau bis nach Sorrent,
und Wind vom Meer umweht mich,
und ich seh weiße Wolken heraufziehn von Sorrent
und das dunkle Segel lehnt tief aufs Wasser sich.

Ich bin all diesem worden müd’ -
was bleibt da noch für mich?
Hab keinen Platz in Santa Chiara,
kein Friede legt aufs Wasser sich;
doch tragt einen Zweig in Santa Chiara,
tragt einen Zweig für mich.

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• a text in English by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Palm Sunday : Naples", appears in Images of Good and Evil, first published 1899
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): John Ireland, Ernest John Moeran, John Musto, Harold Noble, Mary Sheldon. Go to the text.

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