by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Tread lightly, she is near
Language: English
Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust, She that was young and fair Fallen to dust. Lily-like, white as snow, She hardly knew She was a woman so Sweetly she grew. Coffin-board, heavy stone, Lie on her breast. I vex my heart alone, She is at rest. Peace, Peace, she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it.
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Authorship
- by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Requiescat", from Poems, first published 1881 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Requiescat", 2009 [baritone and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Howard Leake Boatwright (1918 - 1999), "Requiescat", from Five Early Songs, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885 - 1916), "Requiescat", published 1920 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Kathleen Blair Clarke , "Requiescat", published <<1940 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Henry Clough-Leighter (1874 - 1956), "Requiescat", op. 57 no. 6, published <<1940 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by George Cory (b. 1920?), "Requiescat", published 1951 [medium voice and piano], from Four Settings of British Poets [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Tread lightly, she is near", published 1960 [SATB chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Requiescat", 2011-12, first performed 2012 [soprano and piano], from Three Songs of Mourning, no. 2, premiered March 2012 (Part of the Vancouver International Song Institute 2012) [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Requiescat", 1993, copyright © 1996 [voice and piano], from Orpheus respiciens, no. 7, Ascolta Publishing [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Charles Trowbridge Haubiel (1892 - 1978), "Requiescat", published 1937 [SSAA chorus and 2 pianos (or orchestra, or orchestra with harp)]], from L'amore spiritual [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Harold Vincent Jervis-Read (1883 - 1945), "At rest", op. 21, first performed 1910 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert William Jones (b. 1932), "Requiescat" [tenor and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by George Frederick McKay (1899 - 1970), "Requiescat" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Thomas Pasatieri (b. 1945), "Requiescat", 1998 [voice and piano], from Three Poems of Oscar Wilde, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ned Rorem (b. 1923), "Requiescat", 1997, published 1999, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 22 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Evelyn Sharpe , "Requiescat", published 1925 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by David Van Vactor (b. 1906), "Requiescat", published 1944 [voice and piano], from Vocal Works [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Gordon Ellsworth Young (b. 1919), "Requiescat", published 1954 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist FRE ; composed by Erwin Schulhoff.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 81
Requiescat
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Available translation(s): FRE
Still, daß sie es nicht hört, Leise hier geh! Wachsen das Masslieb hört Sie unterm Schnee. All ihr Haar hell wie Gold Des Moders Raub, Sie, die so jung und hold Sank in den Staub. Weiss wie Schnee, lilienklar, Wusste sie kaum, Daß sie ein Mägdlein war, Wuchs wie im Traum. Sarg nun und schwerer Stein Lasten auf Stein; Ich quäl'mein Herz allein, Sie schlummert hier. Frieden! Nicht Lautenschall Hört sie noch Lieder; Hier ruht mein Leben all Werft Erde nieder!
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in English by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Requiescat", from Poems, first published 1881
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Erwin Schulhoff (1894 - 1942), "Requiescat", op. 15 no. 2 (1914) [alto and piano], from Rosa Mystica, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Qu'elle repose", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-22
Line count: 20
Word count: 81