A valediction: of weeping
Language: English
Let me pour forth
My tears before thy face, whilst I stay here,
For thy face coins them, and thy stamp they bear,
And by this mintage they are something worth.
For thus they be
Pregnant of thee ;
Fruits of much grief they are, emblems of more ;
When a tear falls, that thou fall'st which it bore ;
So thou and I are nothing then, when on a divers shore.
On a round ball
A workman, that hath copies by, can lay
An Europe, Afric, and an Asia,
And quickly make that, which was nothing, all.
So doth each tear,
Which thee doth wear,
A globe, yea world, by that impression grow,
Till thy tears mix'd with mine do overflow
This world, by waters sent from thee, my heaven dissolvèd so.
O ! more than moon,
Draw not up seas to drown me in thy sphere ;
Weep me not dead, in thine arms, but forbear
To teach the sea, what it may do too soon ;
Let not the wind
Example find
To do me more harm than it purposeth :
Since thou and I sigh one another's breath,
Whoe'er sighs most is cruellest, and hastes the other's death.
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Un commiato: del piangere", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2008-08-09.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:50
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Un commiato: del piangere
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Oh, lasciami pur versare
lacrime davanti al tuo volto, finché ti sto accanto,
perché il tuo volto le conia e recano il tuo stampo
e per tal conio hanno un qualche valore.
Così ogni mia lacrima è
Pregna solamente di te;
Frutto di grande pena, e di maggior dolore emblema;
E se una lacrima cade, tu, che lei porta, con lei insieme
Cadi, sì che tu ed io più nulla allora siamo, e su sponde diverse.
Su di un globo rotondo
Un artigiano, in copia può rappresentare
Europa, Africa e Asia
E ben presto fare di ciò, che niente era, il Mondo.
Così ogni lacrima è
Che rappresenta te;
Un globo, anzi un Mondo diviene per la tua impronta
Finché il tuo pianto, al mio mischiato, non sommerga,
con un flutto che da te viene, questo mondo, e il mio cielo dissolva.
Oh, più della luna
Non sollevare mari per annegarmi nella tua sfera;
Non piangermi morto fra le tue braccia, ma trattieniti
Dall'insegnare al mare, ciò che potrebbe fare presto;
Né lasciare che il vento
Ne ricavi un esempio
Per farmi maggior danno di quanto si proponga:
poiché tu ed io, sospirando, ci togliamo il respiro a vicenda
e chi più sospira è più crudele, ché dell'altro la morte affretta.
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Based on- a text in English by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "A valediction: of weeping"
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Ross Lee Finney. Go to the text.
Text added to the website: 2008-08-21.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:52
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Word count: 211
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