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.
Ten Poems
Song Cycle by Hugo Kauder (1888 - 1972)
?. All day I hear  [sung text not yet checked]
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 35, first published 1908
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- 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
?. Sleep now, O sleep now  [sung text not yet checked]
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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- 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
?. O cool is the valley now  [sung text not yet checked]
O cool is the valley now And there, love, will we go For many a choir is singing now Where Love did sometime go. And hear you not the thrushes calling, Calling us away? O cool and pleasant is the valley And there, love, will we stay.
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 16, first published 1907
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
?. Who goes amid the green wood  [sung text not yet checked]
Who goes amid the green wood With springtide all adorning her? Who goes amid the meny green wood To make it merrier? Who passes in the sunlight By ways that know the light footfall? Who passes in the sweet sunlight With mien so virginal? The ways of all the woodland Gleam with a soft and golden fire? For whom does all the sunny woodland Carry so brave attire? O, it is for my true love The woods their rich apparel wear O, it is for my own true love, That is so young and fair.
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 8, first published 1907
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
?. Lean out of the window  [sung text not yet checked]
Lean out of the window, Goldenhair, I heard you singing A merry air. My book is closed; I read no more, Watching the fire dance On the floor. I have left my book, I have left my room, For I heard you singing Through the gloom, Singing and singing A merry air. Lean out of the window, Goldenhair.
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 5, first published 1907
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- 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
?. Strings in the earth  [sung text not yet checked]
Strings in the earth and air Make music sweet; Strings by the river where The willows meet. There's music along the river [For Love wanders there,]1 Pale [flowers]2 on his mantle, Dark leaves on his hair. All softly playing, With head to [the]3 music bent, And fingers straying Upon an instrument.
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 1, first published 1907
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 omitted by Berio
2 Coulthard: "flow'rs"
3 omitted by Coulthard
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?. Rain has fallen all the day  [sung text not yet checked]
Rain has fallen all the day. O come among the laden trees: The leaves lie thick upon the way Of [mem'ries.]1 Staying a little by the way Of [mem'ries]1 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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- 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
1 Szymanowski: "memories"
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?. Winds of May  [sung text not yet checked]
Winds of May, that dance on the sea, Dancing a ring-around in glee From furrow to furrow, while overhead The foam flies up to be garlanded, In silvery arches spanning the air, Saw you my true love anywhere? Welladay! Welladay! For the winds of May! Love is unhappy when love is away!
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 9, first published 1907
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
?. At that hour  [sung text not yet checked]
At that hour when all things have repose, O lonely watcher of the skies, Do you hear the night wind and the sighs Of harps playing unto Love to unclose The pale gates of sunrise? When all things repose, do you alone Awake to hear the sweet harps play To Love before him on his way, And the night wind answering in antiphon Till night is overgone? Play on, invisible harps, unto Love, Whose way in heaven is aglow At that hour when soft lights come and go, Soft sweet music in the air above And in the earth below.
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 3, first published 1907
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
?. My dove, my beautiful one  [sung text not yet checked]
My dove, my beautiful one, Arise, arise! The night-dew lies Upon my lips and eyes. The odorous winds are weaving A music of sighs: Arise, arise, My dove, my beautiful one! I wait by the cedar tree, My sister, my love. White breast of the dove, My breast shall be your bed. The pale dew lies Like a veil on my head. My fair one, my fair dove, Arise, arise!1
Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 14, first published 1907
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Szymanowski adds "My dove, my beautiful one!"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]