by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845)
To‑morrow is Saint Valentine's day
Language: English
[To-morrow is]1 Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning [betime]2, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine. Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes, And dupp'd the chamber-door; Let in the maid, that out a maid Never departed more. [Indeed, without an oath, I'll make an end on't!]3 By Gis and by Saint Charity, Alack, and fie for shame! Young men will do't, if they come to't; By cock, they are to blame. Quoth she, before you tumbled me, You promised me to wed. [So]4 would I ha' done, by yonder sun, An thou hadst not come to my bed.
J. Brahms sets stanza 1
R. Quilter sets lines 1-4
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)These words are sung by Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5, but they are probably not by Shakespeare.
1 Quilter: "Good morrow, 'tis "2 Quilter: "time"
3 omitted by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Grill
4 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "He answers,/ So"
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Hamlet
- sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Seeger) , no title, appears in Shakespeare in deutscher Übersetzung, in 6. Hamlet
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-26
Line count: 17
Word count: 111
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag, Wohl an der Zeit noch früh, Und ich 'ne Maid am Fensterschlag Will sein eur Valentin. Er war bereit, tät an sein Kleid, Tät auf die Kammertür, Ließ ein die Maid, die als 'ne Maid Ging nimmermehr herfür.
Composition:
- Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), no title, WoO posth. 22 no. 3 (1873), from Ophelia-Lieder, no. 3, also set in English
Text Authorship:
- by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845), no title
Based on:
- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Hamlet and misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 44