Catalan (Català) translations of Three Browning Songs, opus 44

by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944)

1. The year's at the spring
 (Sung text)
by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The year's at the spring", op. 44 (Three Browning Songs) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ]
Language: English 
The year's at the spring
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearl'd;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven --
All's right with the world!

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Sometimes titled "Pippa's Song" in later editions.

by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
1.
Language: Catalan (Català) 
L’any en primavera,
i el dia al matí;
el matí a les set;
la falda del turó coberta de perles de rosada;
l’alosa a l’ala,
el cargol a la closca;
Déu al seu cel...
Tot està bé en el món!

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2. Ah, Love, but a day
 (Sung text)
by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Ah, Love, but a day", op. 44 (Three Browning Songs) no. 2, published c1900, stanzas 1-2
Language: English 
Ah, Love, but a day,
And the world has changed!
The sun's away,
And the bird estranged;
The wind has dropped, 
And the sky's deranged;
Summer has stopped.

Look in my eyes!
Wilt thou change too?
Should I fear surprise?
Shall I find aught new 
In the old and dear,
In the good and true,
With the changing year?

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by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
2.
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Ah, l’amor, però un dia,
i el món ha canviat!
El sol se n’ha anat,
i l’ocell s’ha alienat;
el vent ha minvat,
i el cel s’ha pertorbat;
l’estiu s’ha acabat.

Mira als meus ulls!
També tu vols canviar?
Haig de témer una sorpresa?
Haig de trobar-ho tot nou
en el vell i estimat,
en el bo i veritable
amb el canvi de l’any?

[ ... ]

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3. I send my heart up to thee
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by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "I send my heart up to thee", op. 44 (Three Browning Songs) no. 3, published 1900
Language: English 
I send my heart up to thee, all my heart 
  In this my singing,
For the stars help me, and the sea, and the sea bears part;
  The very night is clinging
Closer to Venice' streets to leave one space 
  Above me, whence thy face
May light my joyous heart to thee, to thee its dwelling place.

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Confirmed with The World’s Best Poetry, ed. by Bliss Carman, et al. Philadelphia: John D. Morris & Co., 1904; Bartleby.com, 2012. http://www.bartleby.com/360/2/248.html ; an excerpt from a longer poem titled "Love's power", subtitled "In a gondola" (the beginning).

by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
3.
Language: Catalan (Català) 
T’envio a tu el meu cor, tot el meu cor,
  en aquesta cançó, 
perquè m’ajuden les estrelles, i el mar, i el mar n’és part;
  la mateixa nit s’hi adhereix.
Prop dels carrers de Venècia per deixar un lloc
  a sobre meu, on la teva cara 
pugui il·luminar per a tu el meu cor joiós, per a tu allà on vius.

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