Three Songs , opus 10

by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Translations available for the entire opus: FRE GER

1. Rain has fallen
(Sung text)

Language: English

Rain has fallen all the day.
O come among the laden trees:
The leaves lie thick upon the way
Of mem'ries.

Staying a little by the way
Of mem'ries shall we depart.
Come, my beloved, where I may
Speak to your heart.

Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 32, first published 1907

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Walter Riemer) , "Es hat geregnet", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Sol Crespo) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

2. Sleep now
(Sung text)

Language: English

Sleep now, O sleep now,
  O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
  Is heard in my heart.

The voice of the winter
  Is heard at the door.
O sleep, for the winter
  Is crying "Sleep no more."

My kiss will give peace now
  And quiet to your heart -
Sleep on in peace now,
  O you unquiet heart!

Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 34, first published 1907

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3. I hear an army
(Sung text)

Language: English

I hear an army charging upon the land,
  And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:
Arrogant, in black armour, behind them stand,
  Disdaining the reins, with flutt'ring whips, the charioteers.

They cry unto the night their battlename:
  I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,
  Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.

They come shaking in triumph their long, green hair:
  They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.
My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair?
  My love, my love, why have you left me alone?

Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 36, first published 1907

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Three Songs , opus 10

by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

1. Rain has fallen (Sung text)

2. Sleep now (Sung text)

3. I hear an army (Sung text)

1. Rain has fallen
(Sung text)

2. Sleep now
(Sung text)

3. I hear an army
(Sung text)