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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885)

While you here do snoring lie
Language: English 
While you here do snoring lie,
Open-eyed conspiracy
  His time doth take.
If of life you keep a care,
Shake off slumber, and beware:
  Awake, awake!

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Text Authorship:

  • by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act II, Scene 1 [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 Peter Anthony Monk , "While you here do snoring lie", 1982, published 1982, first performed 1982 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Ariel's Five Little Songs [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michael Nyman (b. 1944), "While you here do snoring lie", 1992, published 1992 [ voice and piano ], from Ariel Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1869


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 26

Voi qui tranquilli chiudete gli occhi
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English 
Voi qui tranquilli chiudete gli occhi
Come sospetto nessun vi tocchi,
Ma quelli aperti del tradimento
All’opra infame spiano il momento.
Vivere amate?
Cacciate il sonno! Su! vi destate!

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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 II, Scene 1
    • Go to the text page.

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: 6
Word count: 29

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