Let it be forgotten | Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Let it be forgotten

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold.
Let it be forgotten forever and ever.
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone asks, say it was forgotten,
Long and long ago.
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed foot-fall
In a long forgotten snow.

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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Let it be forgotten", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "Let it be forgotten" [ voice and piano ], from Four Views of Love, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Let it be forgotten" [ voice and piano ], from Three Early Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dominick DiOrio , "Let it be Forgotten", 2013 [ baritone and piano ], from A Ghost Through the Winding Years, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ryan Donlin , "Let it be forgotten", first performed 2021 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Roland Farley (1892 - 1932), "Let it be forgotten", published 1926 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Two Poems by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "Let it be forgotten", published 1950 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), "Let it be forgotten", op. 33 no. 3, published 1979 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Goodbye, Farewell, and Adieu: Three Songs of Parting, no. 3, G.Schirmer (Hal Leonard) [sung text not yet checked]
by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), "Let it be forgotten", published 1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from The Winds of May, no. 2, G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Marlin Merrill , "Let it be forgotten", published 1972 [ SSAATB chorus (or SSAA chorus) and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by David Mills (b. 1939), "Let it be forgotten" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "Let it be forgotten", op. 72 no. 1 (1957), from Sara Teasdale Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by John Charles Sacco (1905 - 1987), "Let it be forgotten", published 1941 [ high voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Let it be forgotten", 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Let it be you, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Let it be forgotten", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Two Songs by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
by Judith Lang Zaimont , "Let it be forgotten", 1975, from Greyed Sonnets: Five Serious Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Georg von der Vring (1889 - 1968) , "Lied", appears in Englisch Horn: Anthologie angelsächsischer Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 63