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by Amelia Alderson Opie (1769 - 1853)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

The Vale of Clwyd
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE SPA
Think not I'll leave fair Clwyd's vale;
To me 'tis fondly dear!
For still its scenes those hours recall
When I was blest and Henry here.

Long, long, to part our willing hands
An angry father strove;
While sorrow press'd on Henry's health,
A sorrow nurs'd by hopeless love.

His1 Ellen's cheek was also pale,
But Hope my spirits cheer'd;
Methought beneath a father's frown,
A father's pard'ning smile appear'd.

Nor was the idea vain:
How sad thou art, he cried;
But smile again, my darling child;
For thou shalt be thy Henry's bride.

At that glad sound, on wings of love,
To Henry's cot I flew:
But, ah! The transient flush of joy
From his wan cheek too soon withdrew.

'Twas doubtful bliss, 'twas sure alarm;
I only smil'd through tears:
But soon we hailed the bridal day,
And Love's fond hopes o'ercame its fears.

Ah! Hopes too false; ah! Fears too true,
Nor love nor joy could save:
I can no more, - but mark you turf
With flow'rs o'erspread, - 'tis Henry's grave!

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1 in the score there is a typo here: "Hes"

Text Authorship:

  • by Amelia Alderson Opie (1769 - 1853) [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):

  • by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "The Vale of Clwyd", WoO. 155 (26 Walisische Lieder) no. 19 (1809-10) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La vallée de Clwyd", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Pertz) , "Das Tal von Clwyd"
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "El valle de Clwyd", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2006-01-11
Line count: 28
Word count: 175

La vallée de Clwyd
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Ne pensez pas que je vais quitter la belle vallée de Clwyd ;
Pour moi, elle est tendrement chère !
Car encore son paysage rappelle ces heures
Où j'étais bénie et Henry était ici.

Longtemps, longtemps pour séparer nos mains aimantes
Un père en colère s'évertua ;
Tandis que le chagrin écrasait la santé de Henry,
Un chagrin nourri par un amour sans espoir.

Les joues de son Ellen étaient aussi pâles,
Mais l'espoir encouragea mon humeur ;
Il semblait que sous le froncement de sourcils du père,
Un sourire de pardon du père apparaissait.

L'idée n'était pas vaine :
Comme tu es triste, dit-il ;
Mais souris à nouveau, ma chère enfant ;
Car tu sera l'épouse de ton Henry.

À ces paroles gaies, sur les ailes de l'amour,
Je volai à la cabane de Henry :
Mais, ah ! le flot éphémère de joie
Se retira trop tôt de sa joue blême.

C'était un bonheur indubitable, c'était une criante certaine :
Je souris seulement à travers mes larmes :
Mais bientôt nous le jour des noces,
Et les tendres espoirs d'amour triomphèrent de ces craintes.

Ah ! Espoirs trop vains ; ah ! craintes trop réelles,
Ni l'amour, ni la joie ne pouvaient le sauver :
Je n'en peux plus, -- mais regardez cette herbe
Recouverte de fleurs, -- c'est la tombe de Henry !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in English by Amelia Alderson Opie (1769 - 1853)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-20
Line count: 28
Word count: 209

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