by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sleep, Adam, sleep
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Sleep, Adam, sleep, and take thy rest, let no sad thoughts possess thy Breast; but when thou wak’st, look up, and see what thy Creator hath done for thee: A Creature from thy Side is ta’ne, who ’till thou wake, she wants a Name; Flesh of thy Flesh, Bone of thy Bone, a Mate most fit for thee alone. Wake, Adam, wake, to embrace thy Bride, who is newly risen from thy Side; but in the midst of thy Delights, beware, Lest her Enticements prove thy Snare.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Sleep, Adam, sleep", Z. 195 (1688) [ soprano or counter-tenor and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 87