by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
A little while when I am gone
Language: English
Our translations: CHI
A little while when I am gone My life will live in music after me, As spun foam lifted and borne on After the wave is lost in the full sea. A while these nights and days will burn In song with the bright frailty of foam, Living in light before they turn Back to the nothingness that is their home.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "A little while", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920 [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 Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "A little while" [ voice and piano ], from A Composer's Thoughts, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "A little while", 1980 [ soprano and cello ], from Bright April, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Reprise: A little while", 1980 [ soprano and cello ], from Bright April, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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