Schlaf | Komm', Schlaf, mit deinem süßen Betrug

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by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)

Translation © by Julia Hamann

Sleep

(Sung text for setting by R. Clarke)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER SPA

Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving
Lock me in delight awhile;
Let some pleasing dreams beguile
All my fancies; that from thence
I may feel an influence
All my powers of care bereaving.

Though but a shadow, but a sliding,
Let me know some little joy!
We that suffer long annoy
Are contented with a thought
By an idle fancy wrought:
O let my joys have some abiding!

Composition:

Rebecca Clarke

Text Authorship:

by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Sleep", appears in The Woman Hater, first published 1607

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sommeil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , "Schlaf", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

Schlaf

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Clarke)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Komm', Schlaf, mit deinem süßen Betrug
und schliess' mich in Entzücken für eine Weile;
Lass' schöne Träume verscheuchen
all meine Einbildungen,
dass ich dann spüren kann
wie meine ganze Kraft der Sorgen ledig wird.

Wir nur ein Schatten, ein Abgleiten,
gönn' mir doch ein wenig Freude.
Wir, unter Kummer lange leidend,
begnügen uns mit einem Gedanken
durch eitlen Wahn gebunden:
O lass' meine Freude doch von Dauer sein!

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a text in English by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Sleep", appears in The Woman Hater, first published 1607
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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 68