Slangen zwijg met je gespleten tong

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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation © by Lidy van Noordenburg

Fairies' song

(Sung text for setting by E. Křenek)

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Language: English

Our translations: DUT

You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;
Newts and blindworms, do no wrong,
Come not near our Fairy Queen.
Philomel, with melody
Sing in our sweet lullaby;
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby.
 ... 
Weaving spiders, come not here;
Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence!
Never harm,
Nor spell nor charm,
Come our lovely lady nigh;
So, good night, with lullaby.
 ...

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-7,12-13,8-11 of the original text.

Composition:

Ernst Křenek

Three Madrigals

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene 2

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)

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Word count: 130

Slangen zwijg met je gespleten tong

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Křenek)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

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Slangen zwijg met je gespleten tong
Egels ga er stil vandoor
Salamander en worm ga voort
de koningin mag niet gestoord:
Philomel, melodietje,
zing ons lieve slaapliedje.
wiege, wiege, wiegelied.
 ... 
Spin in 't web, kom niet hier;
Weg, jullie langpot'ge spinnen, weg!
Doe nooit zeer,
noch bezweer
Onze Vrouwe teer;
Welterusten, met 'n liedje.
 ...

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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-7,12-13,8-11 of the original text.

This is a translation of the Křenek version.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
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