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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Ehud Shapiro

What can we poor females do?

Language: English

Our translations: CAT GER HEB

What can we poor females do
When pressing, teasing lovers sue?
What can we poor females do?
Fate affords no other way,
But denying or complying,
And relenting, or consenting,
Does alike our hopes betray.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "What can we poor females do?", 1961 [ duet and piano ], a realization of the Purcell song. Confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "What can we poor females do?", Z. 429 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Què podem fer nosaltres, pobres dones?", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Was können wir armen Frauen tun", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "מה אנו נשים מסכנות יכולות לעשות", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 35

מה אנו נשים מסכנות יכולות לעשות

Language: Hebrew (עברית) after the English

מה אנו נשים מסכנות יכולות לעשות
כאשר מחזרים לוחצים, מתגרים ותובעים?
מה אנו נשים מסכנות יכולות לעשות?
גורלנו לא מאפשר דרך אחרת,
רק להתנגד או לציית,
אולם להתקומם או להסכים
גם יחד מכזיבים את תקוותנו.

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Translation from English to Hebrew (עברית) copyright © 2014 by Ehud Shapiro, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-25
Line count: 7
Word count: 35