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The splendour falls on castle walls
And snowy summits old in story:
The long light shakes across the lakes,
And the wild cataract leaps in glory:
Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying,
Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
O hark, O hear how thin and clear,
And thinner, clearer, farther going!
O sweet and far from cliff and scar
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!
Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying:
Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "The splendour falls on castle walls", stanzas 1-2 [ SATB chorus ]
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Princess, first published 1850
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "Nocturne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Nattstemning", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Pablo Sabat) , "Nocturno"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 133
Lo splendore cala sulle mura del castello
e sulle punte innevate, antiche di storia:
Scaglie luminose accarezzano il lago,
E la cascata impetuosa si getta in tutta la sua gloria:
Soffia, tromba, soffia, fai vibrare gli echi potenti,
e voi echi rispondete morenti, morenti, morenti.
Udite, udite, come si fanno lievi e trasparenti,
E più chiari, più lontani, lievemente!
Dal monte e dalla rupe dolcemente distanti
I corni di Elfland soffiano debolmente!
Soffia tromba: stormisce in risposta la purpurea foresta,
e tu eco, rispondi, morente, morente, morente.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2025 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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.
Based on:
- a text in English by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Princess, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-17
Line count: 18
Word count: 133