by George Chapman (1559? - 1634)
From "The Masque of the Twelve Months" See original
Language: English
Our translations: CHI
Shine out, fair Sun, with all your heat,
Show all your thousand-coloured light!
Black Winter freezes ... his seat;
The grey wolf howls, he does so bite;
Crookt Age on three knees creeps the street;
The boneless fish close quaking lies
And eats for cold his aching feet;
The stars in icicles arise:
Shine out, and make this winter night
Our beauty's Spring, our Prince of Light!
Composition:
- Set to music by Bernard Rands (b. 1934), "From "The Masque of the Twelve Months"", from Canti del sole, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by George Chapman (1559? - 1634), from "The Masque of the Twelve Months".
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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