by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Will the sun forget to streak
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
Will the sun forget to streak
Eastern skies with amber ray,
When the dusky shades to break
He unbars the gates of day?
Then demand if Sheba's queen
E'er can banish from her thought
All the splendour she has seen,
All the knowledge thou hast taught.

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , "Wird die Sonne je vergessen", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 46