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by John Dryden (1631 - 1700)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Shepherd, leave decoying

Language: English

Our translations: CAT

Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying:
Pipes are sweet on summer's day,
But a little after toying,
Women have the shot to pay.
Here are marriage-vows for signing:
Set their marks that cannot write,
After that, without repining,
Play, and welcome, day and night.

Text Authorship:

by John Dryden (1631 - 1700) [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), "Shepherd, leave decoying", 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), "Shepherd, leave decoying", Z. 628 no. 16 (1691) [ duet for high voice and low voice ], from the incidental music to King Arthur or The British Worthy, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Henry Purcell.

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pastor, deixa d’ensarronar", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Siân Goldthorpe

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

Pastor, deixa d’ensarronar

Language: Catalan (Català) after the English

Pastor, pastor, deixa d’ensarronar:
les gaites són dolces en un dia d’estiu,
però poc després d’haver jugat,
les dones han de pagar la tirada.
Heus aquí el vots de matrimoni per signar:
hi posen llurs marques els qui no saben escriure,
després d’això, sense queixar-se,
jugar i acollir, dia i nit.

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Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 by Salvador Pila, (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 John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 51