by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
In youth, when I did love, did love
Language: English
In youth, when I did love, did love, Methought it was very sweet, To contract, O, the time, for, ah, my behove, O, methought, there was nothing meet. But age, with his stealing steps, Hath claw'd me in his clutch, And hath shipped me intil the land, As if I had never been such. A pick-axe, and a spade, a spade, For and a shrouding sheet: O, a pit of clay for to be made For such a guest is meet.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "The gravedigger", 1946, published 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Songs nach Texten von William Shakespeare mit Klavierbegleitung , no. 11, Mainz : Schott, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Noël Lee (1924 - 2013), "The Gravedigger's Song", subtitle: "Chant du fossoyeur", 1953 [ baritone, unaccompanied ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Edvard Lembcke (1815 - 1897) ; composed by Peter Arnold Heise.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Wilhelm Petersen.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Carl Loewe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Georg Mantey ; composed by Wolfgang Fortner.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960) ; composed by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 81
Dans ma jeunesse, quand j’aimais, quand...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Dans ma jeunesse, quand j’aimais, quand j’aimais, Il me semblait qu’il était bien doux, Oh ! bien doux d’abréger le temps : ah ! pour mon usage Il me semblait, oh ! que rien n’était trop bon Mais l’âge, venu à pas furtifs, M’a empoigné dans sa griffe, Et embarqué sous terre, En dépit de mes goûts. Une pioche et une bêche, une bêche ! Et un linceul pour drap, Puis, hélas ! un trou à faire dans la boue, C’est tout ce qu’il faut pour un tel hôte !
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Translatin of title "The grave-digger" would be "Le fossoyeur"Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title [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 Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1
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: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 83