Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing: To his music, plants and flowers Ever [sprung]1; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art: Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or, hearing, die.
Shakespeare Songs, Book III
by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)
1. Orpheus  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship
- possibly by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), appears in Henry VIII [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- possibly by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Henry VIII [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (L. A. J. Burgersdijk)
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , "Orpheus", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Quoted in Shakespeare's Henry VIII, Act III scene 1
1 Greene: "rose"; Blitzstein: "sprang"
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
2. Silvia  [sung text not yet checked]
Was ist Silvia, saget an, Daß sie die weite Flur preist? Schön und zart seh' ich sie nah'n, Auf Himmels Gunst und Spur weist, Daß ihr Alles unterthan. Ist sie schön und gut dazu? Reiz labt wie milde Kindheit; Ihrem Aug' eilt Amor zu, Dort heilt er seine Blindheit, Und verweilt in süßer Ruh. Darum Silvia tön', o Sang, Der holden Silvia Ehren; Jeden Reiz besiegt sie lang, Den Erde kann gewähren: Kränze ihr und Saitenklang!
Authorship
- by Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802 - 1890), "Gesang" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Song", appears in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, Scene 2
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan Silvia", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Chi è mai Silvia che i pastori", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "A Silvia", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with William Shakspeare's [sic] sämmtliche dramatische Werke übersetzt im Metrum des Originals II. Bändchen. Die beiden Edelleute von Verona, von Bauernfeld. Wien. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger. 1825, page 55; and with William Shakspeare's sämmtliche dramatische Werke und Gedichte. Uebersetzt im Metrum des Originals in einem Bande nebst Supplement, [...] Wien. Zu haben bei Rudolph Sammer, Buchhändler. Verlegt bei J. P. Sollinger, 1826, page 32.
Note: The song appears in Die beiden Edelleute von Verona, act 4, scene 2.
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
3. For the rain it raineth every day  [sung text not yet checked]
When that I was and a little tiny boy, [With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came to man's estate, [With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. [ But when I came, alas! to wive, [With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day.]2 [ But when I came unto my beds, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, With toss-pots still had drunken heads, For the rain it raineth every day.]3 A great while ago the world [begun]4, [With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day.
Authorship
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act V, Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
1 Amram: "With a"
2 Omitted by Amram.
3 set only by Baxter.
4 Amram: "began"
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry