Éloigne, oh, éloigne ces lèvres

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Take, o take those lips away

(Sung text for setting by H. Bishop)

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Language: English

Our translations: CAT FRE GER

Take, o take those lips away,
That so sweetly are forsworn;
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights which do mislead the morn:
But my kisses bring again;
Seals of love, tho' seal'd in vain, sealed in vain.

Hide, o hide those hills of snow
that thy frozen bosom wears,
On whose tops the pinks that grow
are yet of those that April wears;
But first set my poor heart free,
Bound in those icy chains by thee.

Note: quoted by John Fletcher, in Bloody Brother, 1639 and by William Shakespeare, in Measure for Measure, Act IV, scene 1, c1604 (just one stanza)

Composition:

Henry Rowley Bishop

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (L. A. J. Burgersdijk)
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Sarah L. Weller) , "Nimm, so nimm doch Deine Lippen fort", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Jan Kasprowicz) , "Śpiew Pacholęcia", Warsaw, first published 1907

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 82

Éloigne, oh, éloigne ces lèvres

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Bishop)

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Language: French (Français) after the English

Éloigne, oh, éloigne ces lèvres,
Qui si suavement se sont parjurées ;
Et ces yeux, points du jour,
Lumières qui trompent l'aube :
Mais mes baisers, rends-les moi ;
Sceaux d'amour, scellés en vain, scellés en vains.

Cache, oh, cache ces collines de neige
Que ta poitrine gelée porte,
Sur leurs sommets les boutons qui y poussent
Sont encore ceux qu'avril porte ;
Mais d'abord libère mon pauvre cœur,
Lié dans ces chaînes glacées par toi.

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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 72