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!
James Joyce Songs
Song Cycle by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987)
1. Unquiet heart [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 34, 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) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Brigid's Song [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Dingdong! The castle bell! Farewell, my mother! Bury me in the old churchyard Beside my eldest brother. My coffin shall be black, Six angels at my back, Two to sing and two to pray And two to carry my soul away.
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, B. W. Huebsch, first published 1916
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Confirmed with James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1916, page 22.
Excerpt is "the song that Brigid had taught him" in Chapter I that appears on page 22 of the first edition of the novel.Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
3. Noise of Waters [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
All day I hear the noise of waters Making moan, Sad as the sea-bird is, when going Forth alone, He hears the [winds]1 cry to the waters' Monotone. The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing Where I go. I hear the noise of many waters Far below. All day, all night, I hear them [flowing]2 To and fro.
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 35, first published 1908
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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
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Coulthard: "wind's"
2 Coulthard: "blowing"
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
Total word count: 160