Zoete pijn | Ga weg, ver van dit bonzend hart

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by Anne Hunter (1742 - 1821)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Pleasing Pain

Language: English

Our translations: DUT FRE

Far from this throbbing bosom haste,
Ye doubts, ye fears, that lay it waste;
Dear anxious days of pleasing pain,
Fly never to return again.

But ah, return ye smiling hours,
By careless fancy cron'd with flow'rs;
Come, fairy joys and wishes gay,
And dance in sportive rounds away.

So shall the moments gaily glide
O'er various life's tumultuous tide,
Nor sad regrets disturb their course
To calm oblivion's peaceful source.

Text Authorship:

by Anne Hunter (1742 - 1821) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Pleasing Pain", Hob. XXVIa no. 29 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zoete pijn", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Délicieuse peine", copyright © 2008, (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: 12
Word count: 71

Zoete pijn

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

Ga weg, ver van dit bonzend hart,
Gedub en vrees, die het verwart;
Gestresste tijd van zoete pijn,
Ga, waag het nooit meer terug te zijn.
 
Maar ach, kom terug, o uren zoet,
Verbeelding gaf je ‘n bloemenhoed;
Kom, sprookjesvreugd en dromerij,
En dans maar rond, in speelse rei.
 
Zo moeten d’ uren glijden gaan
Zacht over ’s levens wilde baan,
Niet meer gestoord door rouw en spijt,
Op weg, kalm, naar vergetelheid.

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Singable translation from English to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2016 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:

a text in English by Anne Hunter (1742 - 1821)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 73