Níor nocht sí riamh a grá

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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation © by Gabriel Rosenstock

She never told her love

Language: English

Our translations: DUT IRI ITA

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm in the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek...;
She sat, like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

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Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act II, Scene 4 (Viola) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "She never told her love", Hob. XXVIa no. 34 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844 - 1931), "She never told her love", op. 10 (Six Songs) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Boston : Arthur P. Schmidt and Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zij toonde nooit haar hart", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mai raccontò il suo amore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 5
Word count: 29

Níor nocht sí riamh a grá

Language: Irish (Gaelic) after the English

Níor nocht sí riamh a grá,
Ach lig don rúndacht, ina péist sa bhachlóg,
Bheith ar a grua mhín …
Do shuigh, b’í Foighn’ í ar leac phoiblí
Is gháir faoin bpian.

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Text Authorship:

Singable translation from English to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2015 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
This author's work falls under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons license.

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Based on:

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act II, Scene 4 (Viola)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-12
Line count: 5
Word count: 32