Two Shakespeare Songs

Song Cycle by Thomas Pasatieri (b. 1945)

1. Parting
(Sung text)

Language: English

JULIET
     ... 
    Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
    That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

    Exit above

ROMEO
    Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!
    Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!
     ...

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene 2

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Séparation", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo) , no title

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2. That time of year
(Sung text)

Language: English

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.
  This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
  To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 73

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (L. A. J. Burgersdijk)
FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 73, first published 1857

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Total word count: 163