Longue, longue est la nuit

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Long, long is the night

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE

Long, long is the night,
And heavy comes the morrow,
While my soul's delight
Is on her bed of sorrow.

Can, can I cease,
Can I cease to languish,
While my soul's delight
Is on her couch of anguish?

Can I cease to mourn,
Can I cease to languish,
While my darling fair
Is on her couch of anguish?

Hear me, Pow'rs Divine!
Oh in pity hear me!
Take aught else of mine,
But my Chloris spare me!

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) [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 William Sterndale Bennett (1816 - 1875), "To Chloe in Sickness", alternate title: "To Chloë being ill", op. 23 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) ; composed by William Sterndale Bennett.

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Longue, longue est la nuit

Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)

Longue, longue est la nuit
Et pénible l'arrivée du lendemain
Quand la joie de mon âme
Est sur son lit de douleur.

Puis-je, puis-je cesser,
Puis-cesser de languir
Quand la joie de mon âme
Est sur sa couche d'angoisse ?

Puis-je cesser de pleurer,
Puis-cesser de languir
Quand ma chère belle
Est sur sa couche d'angoisse ?

Écoutez-moi, Puissances Divines !
Oh par pitié, écoutez-moi !
Prenez-moi toutes mes possessions,
Mais épargnez ma Chloris !

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Translations of title(s):
"To Chloe in Sickness" = "À Chloé malade"
"To Chloë being ill" = "À Chloé malade"

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a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-19
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Word count: 70