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O Sweetheart, hear you Your lover's tale; A man shall have sorrow When friends him fail. For he shall know then Friends be untrue And a little ashes Their words come to. But one unto him Will softly move And softly woo him In ways of love. His hand is under Her smooth round breast; So he who has sorrow Shall have rest.
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Note: first published in Speaker (July 1904)Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 18, first published 1907 [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 David Arditti (b. 1964), no title, op. 20 no. 12 (1998) [ tenor and string quartet ], from Chamber Music, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roberto Di Marino (b. 1956), no title, from Tre Liriche per Coro e Chitarra, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "O Sweetheart, hear you ", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 18, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Hungarian (Magyar), a translation by Ágnes Gergely (b. 1933) ; composed by András Mihály.
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 63
Ô bien-aimée, écoute Le récit de ton amant ; Un homme aura du chagrin Quand ses amis le décevront. Car il saura alors Que ses amis ne sont pas fidèles Et en un petit tas de cendres Leurs paroles se sont transformées. Mais une jusqu'à lui Viendra doucement Et doucement lui fera la cour Sur les chemins de l'amour. Sa main est sous Son sein lisse et rond ; Ainsi celui qui a du chagrin Aura le repos.
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Based on:
- a text in English by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 18, first published 1907
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 76