by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)

Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heavens...
Language: English 
Our translations:  CHI ITA
Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heavens gate sings,
     and Phœbus gins arise,
[His Steeds to water at those Springs
     on chalic'd Flowres that lyes:]1
And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their Golden eyes
With every thing that pretty is, my Lady sweet arise:
     Arise arise.

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Confirmed with Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London. Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount. 1623 (Facsimile from the First Folio Edition, London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1876), page 377 of the Tragedies.

Note: The poem is Cloten's song in act II, scene 3.

1 omitted by Johnson.

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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Horch, horch die Lerch' am Himmelsthor singt; 
  Die liebe Sonn' wacht auf! 
Von allen Blumenkelchen trinkt
  Sie schon ihr Opfer auf.
Das Hochzeitknöspchen freundlich winkt, 
  Und thut sein Äuglein auf;
Was hold und lieb ist, lieblich blinkt,
  Auf, schönes Kind, wach' auf,
Wach' auf, wach' auf!

Note: Cloten is singing.

Composition:

    Set to music by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Morgengruß", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein ; note: this may be the wrong translation for this title (although the incipit given in Hofmeister is "Horch! Die Lerch' am Himmelstor")

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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-09
Line count: 9
Word count: 46