Sweetest love, I do not go,
For weariness of thee,
Nor in hope the world can show
A fitter love for me ;
But since that I
[At the last must part, 'tis best,
Thus to use myself in jest
By feigned]1 deaths to die.
[ ... ]
The Others Death
by Olivier Penard (b. 1974)
1. Sweetest love  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "Song: Sweetest love, I do not go"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mio dolcissimo amore", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Emery: "Must die at last, 'tis best/ To use myself in jest/Thus by feign'd"
2 Emery: "lov'st"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
2. Yesternight  [sung text not yet checked]
Yesternight the sun went hence,
And yet is here to-day ;
He hath no desire nor sense,
Nor half so short a way ;
Then fear not me,
But believe that I shall make
Speedier journeys, since I take
More wings and spurs than he.
[ ... ]
Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "Song: Sweetest love, I do not go"
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mio dolcissimo amore", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Emery: "Must die at last, 'tis best/ To use myself in jest/Thus by feign'd"
2 Emery: "lov'st"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. O how feeble is mans power  [sung text not yet checked]
O how feeble is man's power,
That if good fortune fall,
Cannot add another hour,
Nor a lost hour recall ;
But come bad chance,
And we join to it our strength,
And we teach it art and length,
Itself o'er us to advance.
[ ... ]
Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "Song: Sweetest love, I do not go"
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mio dolcissimo amore", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Emery: "Must die at last, 'tis best/ To use myself in jest/Thus by feign'd"
2 Emery: "lov'st"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
4. When thou sigh'st  [sung text not yet checked]
When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind,
But sigh'st my soul away ;
When thou weep'st, unkindly kind,
My life's blood doth decay.
It cannot be
That thou [lovest]2 me as thou say'st,
If in thine my life thou waste,
That art the best of me.
[ ... ]
Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "Song: Sweetest love, I do not go"
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mio dolcissimo amore", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Emery: "Must die at last, 'tis best/ To use myself in jest/Thus by feign'd"
2 Emery: "lov'st"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
5. Let not thy divining heart  [sung text not yet checked]
Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill ; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfil. But think that we Are but turn'd aside to sleep. They who one another keep Alive, ne'er parted be.
Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "Song: Sweetest love, I do not go"
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mio dolcissimo amore", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Emery: "Must die at last, 'tis best/ To use myself in jest/Thus by feign'd"
2 Emery: "lov'st"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]