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O, curlew, cry no more in the air, Or only to the waters in the West; Because your crying brings to my mind Passion-dimmed eyes and long heavy hair That was shaken out over my breast: There is enough evil in the crying of wind.
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First published in Savoy, November 1896, as one of Windlestraws, revised 1899 and 1906Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "O'Sullivan Rua to the Curlew" [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 Lawrence Gilman (1878 - 1939), "The curlew", published 1904 [ reciter and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "He reproves the curlew", <<1932 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891 - 1918), "Haurahan reproves the curlew", 1913 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Roderick-Jones (b. 1947), "He reproves the curlew", 1966 [ soprano and piano ], from The wind among the reeds [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "The curlew", 1984 [ soprano and piano ], from Song Cycle for Gina, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "He reproves the curlew", published 1924 [ tenor solo, flute, English horn and string quartet ], from The Curlew, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "O chiurlo, più non gridare all'aria", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 45
O chiurlo, più non gridare all'aria o solamente alle acque verso occidente; Perché il tuo grido mi riporta alla mente uno sguardo velato dalla passione e lunghi e folti capelli che venivano agitati sopra il mio petto: C'è già abbastanza dolore nell'ululare del vento.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2013 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 William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "O'Sullivan Rua to the Curlew"
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 44