by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Goodnight
Language: English
Some say goodnight — at night — I say goodnight by day — Good-bye — the Going utter me — Goodnight, I still reply — For parting, that is night, And presence, simply dawn — Itself, the purple on the height Denominated morn.
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), written 1863 [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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Goodnight", first performed 2014 [ soprano, piano ], from Newer Every Day: Songs for Kiri, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonne nuit", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 43