by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Are Frode Søholt

A Lyke‑Wake Dirge: Versus III: 2nd Interlude
 (Sung text for setting by I. Stravinsky)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  CAT FRE ITA NYN SPA
 ... 

From Whinnymuir when thou may'st pass,
Every nighte and alle,
To Brig o' Dread thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.

From Brig o' Dread when thou may'st pass,
Every nighte and alle,
To Purgatory fire thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-6 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "A Lyke-Wake Dirge: Versus III: 2nd Interlude", 1951-2, first performed 1952, stanzas 5-6 [ soprano, tenor, women's chorus, and instrumental ensemble ], from cantata Cantata, no. 5

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 15th century )

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "Chant funèbre", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Sørgesong", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Pablo Sabat) , "Canto fúnebre"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 211

Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)  after the English 
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Frå Whinnymuir når du måtte ha passert
Kvar ei natt og all'
Til Redslas Bru du kjem til sist
Og Herren ta di sjel

Frå Redslas Bru når du måtte ha passert
Kvar ei natt og all'
Til Skjærseldens flammar du kjem til sist
Og Herren ta di sjel

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-6 of the original text.

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  • Translation from English to Norwegian (Nynorsk) copyright © 2004 by Are Frode Søholt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-28
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Word count: 221