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The deeps have music soft and low When winds awake the airy [spry]1, It [lures me,]2 lures me on to go And see the land where corals lie. By mount and mead, by lawn and rill, When night is deep, [when noon]3 is high, That music seeks and finds me still, And tells me where the corals lie. Yes, press my eyelids close, 'tis well, But far the rapid fancies fly The rolling worlds of wave and shell, And all the lands where corals lie. Thy lips are like a [sunset's]4 glow, Thy smile is like a morning sky, Yet leave me, leave me, let me go And see the land where corals lie.
1 Read: "spray"
2 omitted by Read; further changes may exist not noted.
3 Elgar: "and moon"
4 Elgar: "sunset"
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Garnett (1835 - 1906), "Where corals lie" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Where corals lie", op. 37 no. 4, published 1899, first performed 1899 [ alto and piano ], from Sea Pictures, no. 4, London: Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005), "Where corals lie", published 1938 [ SSATBB chorus and piano or orchestra ], Chicago : H. T. FitzSimons [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "On es troben els coralls", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "On jeuen els coralls", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wo die Korallen blüh'n", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dove giacciono i coralli", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 119
Gli abissi hanno una lenta e dolce melodia Quando il vento vivace soffia in superficie; Essa mi attira, mi trascina via, Verso il paese dove il corallo giace Il paese lontano, dove il corallo giace Per prati, ruscelli, per valli e colline, Quando è notte avanzata e la luna sta in alto, Quel suono mi insegue e ancora lo ascolto, Mi racconta il paese dove il corallo giace Il lontano paese dove il corallo giace Posate sui miei occhi la mano, mi piace; Abbassate le palpebre, serratele piano. Verso mondi fluttuanti fra onde e conchiglie Con la mia fantasia potrò volare veloce Laggiù nel paese dove il corallo giace Sono le tue labbra un rosso tramonto, Il tuo sorriso è come un cielo al mattino, Ma lasciami, lasciami andare in pace A vedere il paese dove il corallo giace Il lontano paese dove il corallo giace.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 Richard Garnett (1835 - 1906), "Where corals lie"
This text was added to the website: 2006-01-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 146