by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885)
And as the morning steals upon the night
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, vv. 65 - 68 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773) , written 1740 [an adaptation] ; composed by Georg Friedrich Händel.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "E come il mattino porta via la notte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 4
Word count: 26
...e come l’alba a poco a poco
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
[...]e come l’alba a poco a poco Pènetra nella notte e l’ombre fuga; L’intelletto così, che già riprende La sua ragion, le tènebre dissìpa Che chiuso lo teneano e rabbujato.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885), no title, first published 1869 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, vv. 65 - 68
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 30