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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation © by Paolo Montanari

Dirge

(Sung text for setting by V. Fine)

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Language: English

Our translations: DUT GER ITA NOR

Come away, come away, death,
  And in sad cypress let me be laid;
Fly away, fly away, breath;
  I am slain by a fair cruel maid.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
  O prepare it!
My part of death, no one so true
  Did share it.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Composition:

Vivian Fine

Four Elizabethan Songs

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act II, scene 4

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Jonk) , "Kom toch gauw, kom toch gauw, dood", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (David Paley) , "Komm herbei, komm herbei, Tod", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Vieni, o morte", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Kom hit, kom nå hit, død", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Józef Komierowski) , no title

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 107

Vieni, o morte

(Sung text translation for setting by V. Fine)

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Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Vieni, vieni, o morte,
e seppelliscimi all'ombra del triste cipresso
vola via, vola via, respiro,
muoio ucciso da una beltà crudele
Il mio bianco sudario, adorno di tasso,
oh, preparatelo!
Mai amante più sincero
morì per amore.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Paolo Montanari, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 89