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When the voices of children are heard on the green And whisp'rings are in the dale, The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind, My face turns green and pale. Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise; Your spring & your day are wasted in play, And your winter and night in disguise.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Nurse's song", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Experience, no. 8, first published 1794 [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 William Bolcom (b. 1938), "Nurse's song", 1956-81 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra ], from Songs of Experience, Volume One, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "The nurse's song", 1930 [ duet for soprano and contralto with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Norman Curtis (b. 1933), "Nurse's song", c1959 [ voice and piano ], from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 33 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Nurse's song", op. 33 no. 9, published 1910 [ vocal trio with piano ], from A Merry Heart and Other Songs, no. 9, partsong; London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "Nurse's song", op. 27a no. 8 (1973) [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Experience, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Haines (b. 1956), "Nurse's song", 1972-9, rev. 1984, first performed 1979 [ high voice and piano ], from Songs of Experience, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Margaret Kelly (b. 1957), "Nurse's song II", c1985 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Krane (b. 1953), "Nurse's song", c1972 [ soprano and piano ], from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilfrid Howard Mellers (b. 1914), "Nurse's Song II", 1976 [ unaccompanied soprano ], from The Echoing Green : Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mark Raphael (b. 1900), "The nurse's song", 1966 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Lucy Wilkins (b. 1939), "Nurse's song: Experience", op. 15 no. 6 (1970) [ mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano ], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 64
Quan se senten les veus dels infants a la gespa i els xiuxiueigs a la vall, el dies de la meva joventut em tornen a la memòria, el meu rostre esdevé verdós i pàl·lid. Au, entreu a casa, infants meus, el sol ja s’ha amagat i cau la rosada de la nit; la vostra primavera i els vostres dies es malversen en el joc, i el vostre hivern i les nits en dissimulació.
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Translations of titles:
"Nurse's song" = "Cançó de la mainadera"
"Nurse's Song II" = "Cançó de la mainadera II"
"Nurse's song: Experience" = "Cançó de la mainadera: Experiència"
"The nurse's song" = "La cançó de la mainadera"
Text Authorship:
- 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 William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Nurse's song", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Experience, no. 8, first published 1794
This text was added to the website: 2024-10-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 73