by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845)

They bore him barefaced on the bier
Language: English 
Our translations:  HEB
They bore him barefaced on the bier;
Hey non nonny, nonny, hey nonny;
And in his grave rain'd many a tear:--
[Fare you well, my dove!]1

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These words are sung by Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5, but they are probably not by Shakespeare.

1 omitted by Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title, appears in Hamlet
  • sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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This text was added to the website: 2005-12-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 27

Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Our translations:  ITA
   Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß,
   Leider, ach leider!
   Und manche Trän' fiel in  Grabes Schoß --
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Ihr müßt singen: «'Nunter,  ... 
Und ruft ihr ihn 'nunter.»
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    Denn traut lieb Fränzel ist all meine Lust.

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  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 117